Gegeneophis chandgadi : New Species Of Limbless Amphibian

Gegeneophis chandgadi : New Species Of Limbless Amphibian

Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Savitribai Phule Pune University described a new species of limbless amphibian, Gegeneophis chandgadi, discovered in backyard leaf litter in Buzawade village in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats.A newly identified subterranean, limbless amphibian (caecilian) belonging to the family Grandisoniidae and the genus Gegeneophis (commonly called blind caecilians). It is an annulocylix caecilian characterized by a slender, ringed, and cylindrical body without a tail.Discovered in Buzawade village, Chandgad taluka, Kolhapur district, located in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India.