Chikila fulleri (Alcock, 1904)

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1249-1250

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