Abstract
A new species of caecilian amphibian, Gegeneophis pareshisy). nov., is described based on a series of 16 type specimens from the Western Ghats region of southern Goa, India. This species differs from all other congeners except G. seshachari Ravichandran, Gower & Wilkinson, 2003 in lacking secondary annular grooves and possessing an unsegmented terminal 'shield'. It differs from G. seshachari in having many more primary annuli and a distinct colour pattern with a largely un-pigmented head and pale anterior body.
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