Gegeneophis carnosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Grandisoniidae
Genus: Gegeneophis
Species: Gegeneophis carnosus

Name

Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)

• Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.9.5.64–65 (formerly 1874.4.29.453–454), collected by R.H. Beddome.
• Type locality: “Periah Peak, Wynaad, [Kerala,] at an elevation of about 5,000 feet; under stones”, India.

Combinations

• Epicrium carnosum Beddome, 1870: 176 [original combination]
• Gegenes carnosus — Günther, 1876: 577 [subsequent combination]
• Gegeneophis carnosus — Peters, 1880: 932 [subsequent combination]
• Gegenophis carnosus — Boulenger, 1882: 101 [subsequent combination, incorrent gender emendation]

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page. 
• Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Über die Eintheilung der Caecilien und insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema und Gymnopis. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1879: 924–945. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Gower, D., Wilkinson, M., Oommen, O.V., Measey, J., Dutta, S., Bhatta, G. & Ravichandran, M.S. 2004. IUCN: Gegeneophis carnosus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59549A11962027. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59549A11962027.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Pink Blind Caecilian