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Issue: Vol. 351 No. 1: 13 Nov. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.351.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 87
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A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus

Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Sálim Ali Chowk, S. B. S. Road, Mumbai 400 023, India
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Address correspondence to: Dr Mark Wilkinson, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Address correspondence to: Dr Mark Wilkinson, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Amphibia caecilians eyes herpetology Indotyphlus South Asia systematics

Abstract

A new species of Indian caeciliid caecilian, Gegeneophis danieli (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), is described from a single specimen from the Western Ghats of southern Maharashtra. This distinctive species differs from all other Indian caeciliids in having more numerous secondary annuli that are not restricted to the posterior half of the body. A new key to the species of Gegeneophis is presented, and the diversity of the genus is briefly discussed.

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