Gegeneophis

Gegeneophis is a genus of amphibians in the family Indotyphlidae.[1][2] They are found in southern and northeastern India.[1]

Gegeneophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Indotyphlidae
Genus:	Gegeneophis Peters, 1880
Species
12 species (see text)
Synonyms[1]
Gegenes Günther, 1876 "1875"

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

1. 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.
2. "Indotyphlidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
3. 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.
4. 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.