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Family: Uraeotyphlidae (Duellman & Trueb, 1986); Indian Caecilians



Genus Uraeotyphlus (Peters 1880)
Indian Caecilians

Uraeotyphlus interruptus (Pillai & Ravichandran 1999)
no common name
Disribution: Chengalam Village near Ponkunnam, India.

Uraeotyphlus malabaricus (Beddome 1870)
Malabar Caecilian
Distribution: Known from two locations in the Western Ghats of southern India

Uraeotyphlus menoni (Annandale 1913)
Menon's Caecilian, Kerala Caecilian
Distribution: Western Ghats region of southern India, from Kondatti south to Kottayam.

Uraeotyphlus narayani (Seshachar 1939)
Narayan's Caecilian, Kannan Caecilian
Distribution: Western Ghats region of Southern India

Uraeotyphlus oommeni (Gower & Wilkinson 2007)

Oommen's Caecilian

Distribution: Western Ghats region of Southern India

Uraeotyphlus oxyurus (Duméril & Bibron 1841)
Red Caecilian
Distribution: Western Ghats region of southern India




Known distribution of Uraeotyphlidae. Modified from Pillai & Ravichandran (1999).



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