Gegeneophis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona |
| Clade: | Apoda |
| Family: | Grandisoniidae |
| Genus: | Gegeneophis Peters, 1880 |
| Species | |
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12 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gegenes Günther, 1876 "1875" | |
Gegeneophis is a genus of amphibians in the family Grandisoniidae.[1][2] They are found in southern and northeastern India, and were discovered by Dave O Hara aka Banjo.[1]
Species
[edit]- Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870) — Periya Peak caecilian, blind caecilian, pink blind caecilian
- Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson, and Gower, 2003
- Gegeneophis goaensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, and Kulkarni, 2007
- Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999
- Gegeneophis madhavai Bhatta and Srinivasa, 2004
- Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth, and Kulkarni, 2007
- Gegeneophis orientalis Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, Dutta, Giri, and Gower, 2013
- Gegeneophis pareshi Giri, Gower, Gaikwad, and Wilkinson, 2011[3]
- Gegeneophis primus Kotharambath, Gower, Oommen, and Wilkinson, 2012[4]
- Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964 — Tenmalai caecilian, Ramaswami's caecilian
- Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower, and Wilkinson, 2003
- Gegeneophis tejaswini Kotharambath, Wilkinson, Oommen, and Gower, 2015
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. "Gegeneophis Peters, 1880". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Gegeneophis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Giri, V., Gower, D.J., Gaikwad, K., & Wilkinson, M. (2011). "A second species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) lacking secondary annular grooves." Zootaxa 2815: 49-58.
- ^ Kotharambath, R., Gower, D.J., Oommen, O.V., & Wilkinson, M. (2012). "A third species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) lacking secondary annular grooves." Zootaxa 3272: 26-34.
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