Gegeneophis

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 (12): G. carnosus – G. danieli – G. goaensis – G. krishni – G. madhavai – G. mhadeiensis – G. orientalis – G. pareshi – G. primus – G. ramaswamii – G. seshachari – G. tejaswini

Name

Gegeneophis Peters, 1880: 932

• Type species: Epicrium carnosum Beddome, 1870, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Gegenes Günther, 1876: 577 [preoccupied by Gegenes Hübner, 1816]
  • Type species: Epicrium carnosum Beddome, 1870, by monotypy.
• Gegenophis — Boulenger, 1882: 101 [unjustified emendation]

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Pillai, R.S. & Ravichandran, M.S. 1999. Gymnophiona (Amphibia) of India. A taxonomic study. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Occasional Papers 172: i–vi + 1–117. Reference page. 
• Bhatta, G. & Prashanth, P. 2004. Gegeneophis nadkarnii – a caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats. Current Science 87(3): 388–391. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Giri, V., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D.J. 2003. A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 351(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.351.1.1 Reference page. 
• Ravichandran, M.S., Gower, D.J. & Wilkinson, M. 2003. A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 350(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.350.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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 Reference page. 
• 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 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 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Forest Caecilians