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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Gower, David | title = ''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis'' | volume = 2006 | page = e.T61923A12573354 | date = 2006 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61923A12573354.en | access-date = 3 January 2018}}</ref>
| taxon = Indotyphlus maharashtraensis
| authority = Giri, {{Interlanguage link multi|Mark Wilkinson (herpetologist)|fr|Mark Wilkinson (herpétologiste)|lt=Wilkinson}}, and Gower, 2004<ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/>
}}

'''''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis''''' is a species of [[caecilian]]s described in 2004 by scientists of [[Bombay Natural History Society]] and the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], [[London]].<ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/><ref name=Frost/> It is only the second species of ''[[Indotyphlus]]'' known to science,<ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/> and only known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] near Humbarli village, [[Satara District]], in the [[Western Ghats]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref name=Frost/> Common names '''Humbarli caecilian''',<ref name=Frost/> '''Maharashtra caecilian''',<ref name=AmphibiaWeb/> and '''Konkan tail-less caecilian''' have been coined for it.<ref name=EOL/>

==Description==
The [[type series]] consists of 12 specimens, including three males measuring {{convert|78|-|205|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and seven females measuring {{convert|100|-|197|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in total length; two smaller specimens could not be reliably sexed. The mid-body width of the larger specimens is about {{convert|4|-|5|mm|in|2|abbr=on}}. The body is subcylindrical, slightly dorsoventrally compressed. The eyes are visible through the skin and appear as small dark spots. The tentacles are short, globular, and closer to the eye than the nostril. There are 124–133 [[Caecilian#Description|primary annuli]]. The body has mostly brownish dorsal ground colour, becoming more grey/lavender posteriorly and paler laterally and ventrally. Granular glands appear as white flecks scattered over much of the body; their alignment with the annular grooves makes the grooves conspicuous, more so posteriorly.<ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
The type series was collected from under rocks in open, grassy, shallow-soiled plateau at about {{convert|1040|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/> The specimens were collected during the monsoon season. How these caecilians spend the long dry season is unknown but might involve [[aestivation]].<ref name="Giri et al. 2004"/>

Threats to this still little known species are unknown. It is not known to occur in any protected area.<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Indotyphlus&where-species=maharashtraensis |title=''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis'' Maharashtra Caecilian |year=2005 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=EOL>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://eol.org/pages/2920071/overview |title=''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis'' Konkan Tail-less Caecilian |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Life |access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Gymnophiona/Indotyphlidae/Indotyphlus/Indotyphlus-maharashtraensis |title=''Indotyphlus maharashtraensis'' Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2004 |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=19 April 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Giri et al. 2004">{{cite journal |last1=Giri |first1=V. B. |author2=M. Wilkinson |author3=D. J. Gower |name-list-style=amp |year=2004 |title=A new species of ''Indotyphlus'' Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India |journal=Zootaxa |volume=739 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.739.1.1 |doi-broken-date=6 May 2021 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00739f.pdf}}</ref>
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[[Category:Indotyphlidae]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Amphibians of India]]
[[Category:Fauna of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2004]]

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