A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Goa, India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1409, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Bhatta, Gopalakrishna ^a   Dinesh, K P ^b   Prashanth, P ^c   Kulkarni, Nirmal U ^d  

^a Department of Zoology   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c Agumbe Rainforest Research Station   (India)

^d Hiru Naik Bldg ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Gegeneophis; South Asia; Systematics; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GEGENEOPHIS; GYMNOPHIONA; URAEOTYPHLIDAE;

EID: 33847722638     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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