Gegeneophis

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

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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