Typhloperipatus williamsoni, Kemp, 1913

Narayanan, Surya, Priyadarsanan, D. R., Ranjith, A. P., Sahanashree, R. & Ananthram, Aravind Neelavar, 2025, Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of a long-lost Typhloperipatus williamsoni Kemp, 1913 (Onychophora: Peripatidae) after 111 years from Arunachal Pradesh, India, Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20), pp. 1167-1180 : 1171

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2483434

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scientific name

Typhloperipatus williamsoni
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Rediscovery of Typhloperipatus williamsoni View in CoL

A single individual (AT-22-5001) of Typhloperipatus williamsoni was collected from the Kalek village ( 28.10321°N, 95.16878°E; altitude 838 m amsl), which is 3 km from the type locality, Rotung, on 24 April 2021, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India ( Figures 2 View Figure 2 and 3A View Figure 3 ) GoogleMaps . A year later, another individual (AT-22-5002) was collected from the forest near Yingku village on 17 May 2023 ( Figure 3B View Figure 3 ), East Siang district ( 28.445556°N, 94.883107°E, 720 m amsl), approximately 45 km from the type locality GoogleMaps .

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