The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India--a new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1880.

摘要: A new species of caecilian amphibian, Gegeneophis orientalis sp. nov., is described based on a series nine specimens from high elevation (ca. 1,200 m) habitats in the Eastern Ghats states Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, India. This differs all other congeners having only bicuspid teeth outer as well inner rows. The first reported state teresomatan Ghats, Indian indotyphlid known outside Western region.