Gegeneophis carnosus

Gegeneophis carnosus is a species of caecilian found in Karnataka and Kerala states, India. Its common name Periah Peak caecilian refers to its type locality (Periya Peak, Wayanad, Kerala), though it is also known under names blind caecilian and pink blind caecilian.^[2]

Gegeneophis carnosus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Clade:	Apoda
Family:	Grandisoniidae
Genus:	Gegeneophis
Species:	G. carnosus
Binomial name
Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
Epicrium carnosum Beddome, 1870 Gegenes carnosus (Beddome, 1870)

Gegeneophis carnosus is a rather small species of caecilian with a flesh-coloured body. The body ends in a blunt shield; the eyes are not visible externally. The tentacular apertures are below and behind the nostrils, which are placed close to the tip of the snout, so that they are not quite visible from top. It is thought to be distributed in the hills of Kerala and Karnataka in India.^[3]

References

1. Gower, D.; Wilkinson, M.; Oommen, O.V.; Measey, J.; Dutta, S.; Bhatta, G.; Ravichandran, M.S. (2004). "Gegeneophis carnosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59549A11962027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59549A11962027.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
3. Bhattia, Gopalakrishna (March 1998). "A field guide to the caecilians of the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). Journal of Biosciences. 23 (1): 73–85. doi:10.1007/BF02728526. S2CID 29374045. Retrieved 23 February 2013.