Gegeneophis danieli

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 danieli

Name

Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson & Gower, 2003: 2

• Holotype: BNHS 4157, mature ♀, collected by Varad Giri, Sameer Kehimkar, Ishan Agarwal and Vithoba Hegade in June 2002.
• Type locality: “approximately 3 km East of Amboli, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, India,... under a rock in an open patch of grassland with semievergreen forest. The locality is situated in the Western Ghats at approximately 850 m above sea level”.

Synonyms

• Gegeneophis nadkarnii Bhatta & Prashanth, 2004: 388 [synonymised by Gower, Giri, Torsekar, Gaikwad & Wilkinson (2013: 210)]
  • Holotype: ZSI CLT. no. V/A-573, mature ♂, collected by G. Bhatta and P. Prashanth in September 2001.
  • Type locality: “Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa”, India.
  • Paratype: BNHS 4234, mature ♂, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Gower, D. & Wilkinson, M. 2004. IUCN: Gegeneophis danieli  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59550A11962375. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59550A11962375.en. Accessed on 23 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Daniel's Blind Caecilian