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| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Dutta, Sushil | author2 = Bhatta, Gopalakrishna | author3 = Gour-Broome, Vivek Ashok | author4 = Gower, David | author5 = Wilkinson, Mark | author6 = Oommen, V. | title = ''Indotyphlus battersbyi'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2004 | page = e.T59568A11964072 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59568A11964072.en }}</ref><br />
| genus = Indotyphlus<br />
| species = battersbyi<br />
| authority = [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1960<br />
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'''Battersby's caecilian''' ('''''Indotyphlus battersbyi''''') is a slender species of [[caecilian]] [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]], India. It has a flesh-coloured body, making it look very much like a large earthworm.<br />
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==Description==<br />
The eyes of Battersby's caecilian are concealed under the skin and are feebly visible. It is also known as the tailless caecilian, as the body ends in a blunt shield. The vent in this species is transverse as opposed to longitudinal in most other species of Indian caecilians. The total length is {{convert|17|-|23.8|cm|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhatta |first1=G. |year=1998 |title=A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India |journal=Journal of Biosciences |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=73–85 |doi=10.1007/BF02728526 }}</ref><br />
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==Distribution and status==<br />
Battersby's caecilian is distributed in the [[Western Ghats]] in [[Maharashtra]] and [[Kerala]] ([[India]]).<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Indotyphlus+battersbyi |title=''Indotyphlus battersbyi'' Taylor, 1960 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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The population is unknown and threats are also not well known but are thought to be land changes for agriculture, wood and timber extracting by locals, road construction, agrochemical soil pollution and fires. It occurs in [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]] and may occur in [[Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary]] and [[Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary]].<br />
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==Eponym==<br />
Battersby's caecilian is named in honour of James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993), [[herpetologist]] at the [[British Museum (Natural History)]], London, for 45 years.<ref>{{cite book |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |date=2013 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|isbn=9781907807442 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indotyphlidae]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Kerala]]<br />
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