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Issue: Vol. 350 No. 1: 13 Nov. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.350.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 7

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

Zoological Survey of India, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata 700 016, India
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Address correspondence to: Dr David Gower, 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 David Gower, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Amphibia caecilians herpetology Western Ghats South Asia systematics

Abstract

A new species of caeciliid caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Gegeneophis seshachari, is described from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Known only from the type specimen, this distinctive species differs from all other Indian caeciliids in lacking secondary annuli, and in possessing an unsegmented terminal shield. A rediagnosis of Gegeneophis is presented, and the caeciliid fauna of India is briefly discussed.

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