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Gegeneophis  Peters, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 208535

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Gegenes Günther, 1876
  
    Gegenophis Günther, 1876
  
  Common Name(s): forest caecilians [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderGymnophiona  – Caecilians  
                            FamilyGrandisoniidae Lescure, Renous and Gasc, 1986  
                               GenusGegeneophis Peters, 1880 – forest caecilians  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)  
                                  Species Gegeneophis danieli Giri, Wilkinson and Gower, 2003  
                                  Species Gegeneophis goaensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth and Kulkarni, 2007  
                                  Species Gegeneophis krishni Pillai and Ravichandran, 1999  
                                  Species Gegeneophis madhavai Bhatta and Srinivasa, 2004  
                                  Species Gegeneophis mhadeiensis Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth and Kulkarni, 2007  
                                  Species Gegeneophis orientalis Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, Dutta, Giri and Gower, 2013  
                                  Species Gegeneophis pareshi Giri, Gower, Gaikwad and Wilkinson, 2011  
                                  Species Gegeneophis primus Kotharambath, Gower, Oommen and Wilkinson, 2012  
                                  Species Gegeneophis ramaswamii Taylor, 1964  
                                  Species Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower and Wilkinson, 2003  
                                  Species Gegeneophis tejaswini Kotharambath, Wilkinson, Oommen and Gower, 2015  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Gegeneophis   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Gegeneophis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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