Cecilia malabarica Beddome, 1870 Uraeotyphlus malabaricus is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.

It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India and is known from its type locality, "Malabar" in Kerala, and from the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu.

The body is short and stout, violet-coloured dorsally and lighter ventrally.

[4] Uraeotyphlus malabaricus has been collected in evergreen tropical forest (600–1,200 m (2,000–3,900 ft) above sea level), but its ecology is generally poorly known.

It is probably an oviparous species laying terrestrial eggs and having aquatic larvae.