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Issue: Vol. 1409 No. 1: 19 Feb. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1409.1.3
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 104
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Goa, India

Department of Zoology, M. G. M. College, Udupi-576 102, Karnataka, India.
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Field Research Station, Annie Hall Road, Calicut- 673 002, Kerala, India
Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, Agumbe -577 411, Karnataka, India
Hiru Naik Bldg, Dhuler Mapusa, 403507, Goa, India
Amphibia caecilians Gegeneophis Western Ghats South Asia systematics

Abstract

A new species of Indian caecilian, Gegeneophis goaensis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) is described from three specimens collected from the Western Ghats region of Goa. This species is distinguished from all other members of the genus in having more than 120 primary annuli with more than 75 of these having secondary annular grooves.

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