Gegeneophis

Gegeneophis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Grandisoniidae
Genus:	Gegeneophis; Peters, 1880
Species
	12 species (see text)
Synonyms
	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

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

^ ^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.