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Ichthyophis spp
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- A limbless amphibian has been added to the fauna in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam.
- Assam’s wildlife officials recorded the striped caecilian (Ichthyophis spp) in the tiger reserve for the first time.
- Caecilians are limbless amphibians that spend most of their lives burrowed under soil.
- The tiger reserve houses 24 species of amphibians and 74 species of reptiles.
- It is also home to 21 of the 29 species of tortoises and freshwater turtles found in India.
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