Multiple choice

Which of the following regions in India is considered to be the hotspot of caecilian diversity?

  1. Eastern Ghats

  2. Western Ghats

  3. Indo-gangetic plains

  4. Sunderbans
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Western Ghats region is the center of caecilian diversity. Of the 26 described species of caecilians in India, 25 are endemic to Western Ghats.

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