The Bombay caecilian (''Ichthyophis bombayensis'') is an

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

found in India. This rather large species is found in the northern Western Ghats. The eyes are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The tentacle is placed closer to the lip than the eye. A dark brown or greyish-brown species, it has no lateral stripes. The three names below are presently considered to be junior synonyms of ''I. bombayensis'', as it was recently shown that all the unstriped, long-tailed ''Ichthyophis'' from the Western Ghats showed little genetic variation. * ''I. malabarensis'' – southern Western Ghats, known with certainty only from the type locality * ''I. peninsularis'' – known only from the type specimen, exact locality not known * ''I. subterrestris'' – known only from the type specimen, from Western Ghats south of Palghat Gap ( Cochin and Travancore areas)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1934813 bombayensis Amphibians of India Amphibians described in 1960 Endemic fauna of India Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor