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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = Ravichandran, M.S. | author2 = Sushil Dutta | author3 = Gopalakrishna Bhatta | author4 = David Gower | author5 = Mark Wilkinson | author6 = Oommen V. Oommen |name-list-style=amp | title = ''Uraeotyphlus malabaricus'' | volume= 2004 | page = e.T59655A11976612 | year = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59655A11976612.en }}</ref>
| genus = Uraeotyphlus
| species = malabaricus
| authority = ([[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1870)
| synonyms = ''Cecilia malabarica'' <small>Beddome, 1870</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
}}

'''''Uraeotyphlus malabaricus''''' is a species of [[caecilian]] in the family [[Ichthyophiidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]] and is known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]], "[[Malabar region|Malabar]]" in [[Kerala]], and from the [[Nilgiri mountains]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=Frost/> It is known with several common names: '''Malabar tailed caecilian''', '''Nilgiris caecilian''', '''Malabar caecilian''', and '''white-lipped caecilian'''.<ref name=Frost/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/>

==Description==
Adult measure {{convert|145|-|234|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} including the {{convert|3|-|6|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} tail. The body is short and stout, [[violet (color)|violet]]-coloured [[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal]]ly and lighter [[ventral]]ly. The [[eye]]s are distinct and surrounded by a light ring. The [[tentacle]]s are placed ventrally, close to the lip. Light-coloured areas are present around the [[nostril]]s, snout tip, and tentacles. The upper lips and lower jaw are also of a light cream colour. There is a light spot present near vent, and the tip of the tail is whitish.<ref name="Bhatta 1998"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Uraeotyphlus malabaricus'' has been collected in evergreen tropical forest ({{convert|600|–|1200|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]]), but its ecology is generally poorly known. Presumably, the adults are [[fossorial]]. It is probably an [[oviparous]] species laying terrestrial eggs and having aquatic larvae.<ref name=IUCN/>

Threats to this species are not known. It occurs in the [[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve]].<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Bhatta 1998">{{cite journal |last1=Bhatta |first1=Gopalakrishna |title=A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India |journal=Journal of Biosciences |date=1998 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=73–85 |doi=10.1007/BF02728526|s2cid=29374045 }}</ref>

<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Ichthyophiidae/Uraeotyphlus/Uraeotyphlus-malabaricus |title=''Uraeotyphlus malabaricus'' (Beddome, 1870) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal">{{cite web |url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/24836 |title=''Uraeotyphlus malabaricus'' (Beddome, 1870)|work=India Biodiversity Portal |access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Uraeotyphlus|malabaricus]]
[[Category:Amphibians of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Richard Henry Beddome]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1870]]

Uraeotyphlus malabaricus - Revision history

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