Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Gymnophiona
Familia: Caeciliidae
Subfamilia: Caeciliinae
Genus: Gegeneophis
Species: G. carnosus – G. danieli – G. goaensis – G. krishni – G. madhavai – G. mhadeiensis – G. nadkarnii – G. pareshi – G. primus – G. ramaswamii – G. seshachari – G. tejaswini
Name
Gegeneophis Peters, 1880
Type species: Epicrium carnosum Beddome, 1870
Synonyms
Gegenes Günther, 1876
Gegeneophis Peters, 1880
Gegenophis — Boulenger, 1882 (Incorrect spelling)
References
Agarwal, I., Wilkinson, M., Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Giri, V.B., & Gower, D.J. 2013. The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India—a new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1880. Zootaxa 3693(4): 534–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.7 Paywall Reference page.
Giri, V. et al. 2011: A second species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) lacking secondary annular grooves. Zootaxa, 2815: 49–58. Preview
Gower, D.J., Giri, V., Torsekar, V.R., Gaikwad, K. & Wilkinson, M. 2013. On the taxonomic status of Gegeneophis nadkarnii Bhatta & Prashanth, 2004 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae). Zootaxa 3609(2): 204–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.6 Paywall Reference page.
Kotharambath, R., Wilkinson, M., Oommen, V. & Gower, D.J. 2015. A new species of Indian caecilian highlights challenges for species delimitation within Gegeneophis Peters, 1879 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae). Zootaxa 3948(1): 60–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.4 Paywall Reference page.
Peters, 1880, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 932.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Gegeneophis access date 11 August 2008
Vernacular names
English: Forest Caecilians
Gegeneophis is a genus of amphibians in the family Indotyphlidae.[1][2] They are found in southern and northeastern India.[1]
Species
There are 12 species:[1][2]
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
Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Gegeneophis Peters, 1880". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
"Indotyphlidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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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