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Issue: Vol. 644 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.644.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the surroundings of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

Department of Zoology, Bhandarkars’ College, Kundapura-576 201, Karnataka, India
Department of Zoology, Sri JCBM College, Sringeri-577 139, Karnataka, India Address correspondence to: Dr. Gopalakrishna Bhatta, Department of Zoology, Bhandarkars’ College, Kundapura- 576 201, Karnataka State, India
Amphibia caecilians herpetology Western Ghats South Asia systematics

Abstract

A new species of Indian caecilian, Gegeneophis madhavai (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) is described from two specimens collected from the Western Ghats of southern Karnataka. This species is distinguished from all other species of the genus in having visible eyes, fewer than 100 primary annuli and more than 25 secondary annuli confined to the posterior of the body.

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