Gegeneophis valmiki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophiona

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Gymnophiona

Familia: Grandisoniidae
Genus: Gegeneophis
Species: Gegeneophis valmiki

Name

Gegeneophis valmiki Dinesh, Shikalgar, Adhav, Jadhav & Kulkarni, 2025: 300

• Holotype: ZSI-WRC/V/A/2782, adult ♂, collected by A.S. Kalawate and team on 16 July 2017.
• Type locality: “around the Maharshi Valmiki Mandir (17.2518°N, 73.8104°E, 1000 m); Valmiki Plateau, Paneri, Palashi, Patan, Satara, Maharashtra”, India.

References

Primary references

• Dinesh, K.P., Shikalgar, S., Adhav,P., Jadhav, B.V. & Kulkarni, N.U. 2025. Discovery of a new species of Gegeneophis (Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) highlights hidden diversity and implications for regional endemism in the Western Ghats, India. Phyllomedusa 24(2): 295–312. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v24i2p295-312 Reference page.