A second species of gegeneophis peters (amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) lacking secondary annular grooves

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2815, 2011, Pages 49-58

  Giri, Varad ^a   Gower, David J ^b   Gaikwad, Kshamata ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^b  

^a BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caecilians; Goa; Herpetology; India; Taxonomy; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); GEGENEOPHIS; GYMNOPHIONA;

EID: 79953837824     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2815.1.1.3     Document Type: Article

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