Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh
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Hakim, Jonathan
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Trageser, Scott J.
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Ghose, Animesh
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Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur
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Rahman, Shahriar Caesar
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1239
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10.15560/16.5.1239
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Chikila fulleri
(Alcock, 1904)
Material examined.
BANGLADESH
• 1;
Sylhet
Divi- sion,
Moulvibazar District
,
Kamalganj Upazila
, LNP, trail near visitor center;
24°18.8′N
,
091°46.5′E
;
26 Sep. 2012
; photo voucher
ZRC
(
IMG
) 1.123
.
Identification.
These specimens were identified as
C.
fulleri
due to dark purplish-gray dorsal color, only moderately bicolored body, strongly marked annular grooves, moderately pointed head, and substantial pale patches on the throat (
Kamei et al. 2013
).
Taxonomic notes.
Tania Khan and Reza Khan col- lected one dead and three live specimens in LNP in 2012 and determined them to be
C. fulleri
through laboratory study (Tania Khan pers. comm.). This record represents the first
Gymnophiona
recorded in
Bangladesh
,
60 km
northwest of the nearest previously published occurrence of
C. fulleri
in Vanghmun, Tripura (
Kamei et al. 2013
).
Habitat.
All
five specimens
(including an additional dead specimen found by us) were found in mature forest. Live specimens found by Tania Khan and Reza Khan were uncovered by digging in the forest floor (
Daily Star 2012
).
Remarks.
On
18 June 2015
JH retrieved a dead caecilian from a sandy stream bottom fitting the description of
Chikila
. The carcass was being devoured by a crab and two crayfish, and the head and tail were both miss- ing. Even incomplete it was
28 cm
long, longer than any known specimen of this genus (
Kamei et al. 2013
).
Chelonii
Geoemydidae