Govindappa Venu - Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, ۵۶۰۰۵۶, India
Narayanappa Govinda Raju - Department of Biotechnology, Karnataka State Open University, Mukthagangothri, Mysuru, Karnataka, ۵۷۰۰۰۶, India
Mark Wilkinson - Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW۷ ۵BD, United Kingdom
Robert Kenneth Browne - Sustainability America, La Isla Road, Sarteneja, Corozal District, Belize
Kulkarni Varadh - Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, ۵۶۰۰۵۶, India
Gandlahalli Narasimaiah Balakrishna - Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, ۵۶۰۰۵۶, India
Sompalem Ramakrishna - Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, ۵۶۰۰۵۶, India
Govindaiah Venkatachalaiah - Department of Zoology, Centre for Applied Genetics, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, ۵۶۰۰۵۶, India

In the present study, we report the discovery of the poorly known striped ichthyophiid caecilian Ichthyophis longicephalus from three new localities, each in three southern Indian states; Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Present records and available information on this species enable us to revise its IUCN Red List conservation status from Data Deficient (DD) to Least Concern (LC).

Anthropogenic influence, coffee and tea plantations, Kodagu, new site record, Peninsular India, range extension