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(
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; Tables 1–2)
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(2011: 702, 705, fig. 2, tables 1, 2, 5)
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5420 (
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(12˚ 16' 06'' N, 75˚ 17' 14'' E, c. 
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a.s.l.) by R. Kotharambath, Hareesh K., C. B. Binu and M. Wilkinson on 0 
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(n = 7). ZSI 2532 (male) collected by R. Kotharambath, 
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; ZSI 2533 (male) collected by R. Kotharambath, Hareesh K. and Krishnan K. on 
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5421 (female) collected by R. Kotharambath, Hareesh K. and Sreerag K. on 0 
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5422 (female), 
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5423 (male), and ZSI 2535 (male) collected by R. Kotharambath, Hareesh K., C. B. Binu and M. Wilkinson on 0 
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Holotype (BNHS 5420) of 
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Whole body shown in dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views; head, collars and anteriormost two primary annuli shown in dorsal (C), right lateral (D) and ventral (E) views; body terminus shown in dorsal (F), left lateral (G) and ventral (H) views. Scale bar for whole body views 10mm, for anterior and posterior close-up views 5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FF71122A9835FC96" bold="true" box="[151,278,781,803]" pageId="3">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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in life, two topotypic specimens found approximately 0.5 m apart. The larger specimen (preserved TL = 196 mm) is adult female paratype BNHS 5421.
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Indotyphlids are the only teresomatan (non-rhinatrematid, non-ichthyophiid) caecilians in peninsular 
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(Wilkinson 
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. 2011). The new species is clearly a teresomatan by virtue of having distinct primary and secondary AGs and a tentacle lying between eye and naris, and it is identified as a 
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on the basis that this is the only genus of indotyphlid in which the eye is under bone (Wilkinson 
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. 2011). 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FAEC12F299DFFBA5" italics="true" pageId="3">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
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is an attenuate 
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with many primary annuli and relatively few SAGs. Differs from 
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Ravichandran, 
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, 
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and 
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Kotharambath, Gower, Oommen &amp; Wilkinson, 
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in having SAGs. Differs from 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FB0315669C4CFBED" box="[1253,1391,1089,1113]" italics="true" pageId="3">G. carnosus</emphasis>
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, 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FA6215669801FBC9" italics="true" pageId="3">G. ramaswamii</emphasis>
Taylor, 1964
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, 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FE3815419B50FBC9" box="[478,627,1125,1149]" italics="true" pageId="3">G. madhavai</emphasis>
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, and 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FBEE15419DB8FBC9" box="[1032,1179,1125,1149]" italics="true" pageId="3">G. orientalis</emphasis>
Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, 
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Dutta, Giri &amp; Gower, 
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in having more than 120 (
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fewer than 116) primary annuli. Differs from 
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and 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FD1315899A5BFB71" box="[757,888,1198,1221]" italics="true" pageId="3">G. goaensis</emphasis>
Bhatta, Dinesh, Prashanth &amp; Kulkarni, 
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in having many fewer SAGs (&lt;30 
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&gt; 60). Differs from 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FCCE15F69AF2FB5D" box="[808,977,1233,1257]" italics="true" pageId="3">G. mhadeiensis</emphasis>
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in having more primary annuli (125–131 
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117–122) and more primary annuli anterior to the first SAG (98–111 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FC1D15D19D60FAB9" box="[1019,1091,1270,1293]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
88–93); eye much less visible (generally invisible 
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clearly visible); more pink (less brown) body colour in larger specimens. Differs from 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FA62143E99C6FAE1" italics="true" pageId="3">G. krishni</emphasis>
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in usually having more SAGs (18-28 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FD5214199BDFFAE1" box="[692,764,1342,1365]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
11–18, see remarks) and in having more SAGs that are ventrally complete (5-7 
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0–3); smaller ratios of head length to head widths (LH/WH &lt;1.5 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FB3914459C05FACD" box="[1247,1318,1378,1401]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
&gt; 1.5, see remarks) and of total length to head width (usually &lt;48 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FCE914A19A74FA29" box="[783,855,1414,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
&gt; 48, see remarks).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9BFFC7FF21148E98C7FA76" bold="true" box="[199,484,1449,1474]" pageId="3">
Description of 
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.
</emphasis>
Some meristic and morphometric data are given in 
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. Condition good; c. 
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ventral incision into coelom c. 
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anterior to vent; mouth preserved slightly open causing a transverse crease dorsally in front of NG1; stratum corneum missing in a few small patches; some scale pockets opened on dorsum posteriorly. Overall shape fairly cylindrical, slightly dorsoventrally compressed and uniform throughout. In dorsal view head neither notably U- or V-shaped, its sides straight and converging substantially from back of head to distinct bulges of TPs, converging more substantially in front of TAs to blunt snout tip. In ventral view lower jaw and upper lip a little more rounded than snout, upper jaws visible anterior to CMs. In lateral view upper lip slightly concave.
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<paragraph id="8B963225FF9BFFC7FF2117ED9A9BF822" blockId="3.[151,1437,873,2014]" pageId="3">Eyes faintly visible as tiny dark spots (c. half size of nares, TAs). TAs below imaginary lines between nares and CMs; approximately halfway between lips and imaginary lines between eyes and nares. In lateral view, CMs very slightly closer to bottom than to top of head, nares approximately equidistant from top and front of snout, slightly further from bottom. In dorsal view nares barely visible, very slightly inset, not visible in ventral view. TAs approximately same size as nares, marginally visible in ventral but not in dorsal view; TPs visible in dorsal and ventral views. Midventral crease from NG1 to close to tip of lower jaw.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9BFFC0FF2116859D37FF61" blockId="3.[151,1437,873,2014]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="4" pageId="3">No diastema between vomerine and palatine teeth. OMs monocusped; PMs smaller, more numerous, probably monocusped; elements of inner tooth rows small, number of cusps not ascertained; palate moderately concave; tongue unattached anteriorly, with two paramedian grooves posteriorly, narial plugs weakly developed; choanae subcircular, interchoanal distance a little more than twice width of each choana.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9CFFC0FF2111C79DE7FE3C" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4">C2 but not C1 slightly more massive than head and anterior body. C1 approximately same length as first PA, much shorter than (approximately half length of) C2. NG1 faint except laterally, widely incomplete ventrally, narrowly incomplete dorsally. NG2 conspicuous, complete ventrally, perhaps narrowly incomplete dorsally. NG3 fainter than NG2, clearer than NG1, very faint ventrally where possibly widely incomplete. All NGs orthoplicate, with no obvious curvature. Single TGs very faintly indicated on both collars, that on C2 longer.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9CFFC0FF2110B39D1CFD79" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4">AGs well marked laterally, fainter but mostly complete or nearly so middorsally and midventrally, more conspicuous posteriorly; no substantial regional variation in lengths of PAs. Each AG with single row of pale enlarged granular glands posterior to narrow dark band. First SAG dorsolateral on 108th PA, none on 109th PA, dorsally complete on 110th PA, ventrally complete on 119th to 125th PAs. Posteriorly two to three rows of scales dorsally in pockets about 0.75 times as deep as length of PA. Small terminal cap, approximately same length as one and a half adjacent PAs. Posteriormost AG marginally behind level of centre of vent. No AGs unambiguously posterior to vent. Terminus bluntly rounded, slightly more so than head; no terminal keel. Disc fairly well circumscribed, subcircular, slightly wider than long, with 10 (five posterior, five anterior) slightly irregular denticulations, those posterior longer than those anterior; vent more or less circular.</paragraph>
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Body grey in preservative, paler anteriorly, darker posteriorly, slightly paler ventrally. Some irregular pale markings. Faintly indicated, slightly darker longitudinal middorsal stripe apparent under microscope. Head whitish, paler than adjacent body, mostly lacking pigment anterior to bulges corresponding to the 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9CFFC0FB1412069812FCE8" italics="true" pageId="4">Mm. depressor mandibulares</emphasis>
, some very small flecks of pigment middorsally, laterally to level of TAs, and under back of lower jaw; whitish lip lines and broad paler spots surrounding tentacles and (narrower around) nares, tip of snout separately pale. AGs mostly inconspicuous, slightly darker than body except posteriorly where relatively paler (whitish). Small pale patch at TT. Disc pale, with small darker streaks along midline of some denticulations. Immediately anterior to disc, row of granular glands along AG not complete across midline such that pale area of disc appears to extend anteriorly about the length of half the closest PA.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9CFFC0FF21153B9A79FB81" bold="true" box="[199,858,1052,1077]" pageId="4">
Variation and additional information from 
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.
</emphasis>
See 
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for meristic and morphometric data. Generally good to fair condition, some (ZSI 2532, 2533) somewhat brown, dehydrated. External morphology of 
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mostly very similar to 
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. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the small sample size, multiple regressions of head length and of head width at CM on total length reveal no significant differences between the sexes (t-test, p = 0.852 and 0.112 respectively). None of 
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series has papillae (= anal glands of 
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: 18) on the disc.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9CFFC0FF2115D39C19FACC" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="4">Teeth examined in greater detail in ZSI 2532. Teeth in upper jaw strongly recurved, IMs and anterior OMs moderately recurved, posterior OMs slightly more recurved. Anteriormost PMs longest, OMs shorter but thicker with anterolateral elements stoutest. IMs closely spaced at midline, approximately half size of posteriormost OMs. VPs more uniform, anteriormost two or three slightly larger. Tips of crowns of VPs visible in lateral view.</paragraph>
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Among 
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, ZSI 2534 and possibly BNHS 5423 lack TGs on C1. Where clearly detectable, NG3 widely incomplete midventrally with possible exception of ZSI 2532 (where it bends notably posteromedially) and BNHS 5421 (offset). 
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in 
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, AGs mostly clearly marked throughout; PAGs faint on venter but clear laterally and dorsally, except in ZSI 2535 where faintly marked except close to terminus. Posteriormost AG approximately level with centre of vent.
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All specimens more or less grey throughout, paler on head and slightly darker at tail end. Head whitish with little pigmentation in all 
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, more notable but still diffuse (and paler than collars) pigmentation in slightly dehydrated ZSI 2532 and ZSI 2533. In ZSI 2535 body darker than other 
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, with uneven dark and pale patches distributed throughout body. Eyes barely visible in ZSI 2532, 2533, BNHS 5422, 5423, not visible in BNHS 5421, ZSI 2534, 7472. Denticulations around vent unpigmented with possible exception of BNHS 5422.
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Observations were made of BNHS 
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anaesthesia (MS222) before fixation. Head unpigmented, whitish at anterior, becoming pale pinkish towards collars. Body pink anteriorly, darkening posteriorly to purple, slightly paler grey on terminus. Body slightly darker above than below, more so posteriorly (including terminus) with weak, darker, broad middorsal stripe. Body surface spotted with glands throughout, AGs bordered with whitish colour, more conspicuous towards tail end. Eye faintly visible upon close observation. Disc around vent whitish. In smaller specimens anterior half of body pale pink, reducing intensity posteriorly, posteriormost quarter almost greyish. A photograph of the species in life is shown in 
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.
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FF91132799FDFDA7" bold="true" box="[119,222,512,531]" pageId="5">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Details of fieldwork conducted within 
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radius from the 
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locality (Bedoor) of 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FBD513279C25FDA6" box="[1075,1286,512,531]" italics="true" pageId="5">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
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All localities are in Kasaragod district of Kerala state.
</paragraph>
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Bedoor 
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, c.50 0 
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Mixed (coconut, 
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(1) 8/3
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arecanut and banana)
</paragraph>
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<date id="FF9714E5FF9DFFC1FCBE13B99AE1FD05" box="[856,962,670,689]" pageId="5" value="2008-08-10">10/08/2008</date>
plantation and home 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FAAB13BA9F03FD04" box="[1357,1568,669,688]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FAAB13BA9F03FD04" box="[1357,1568,669,688]" italics="true" pageId="5">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2) 3/1 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9DFFC1FCBE13E09AE1FD6E" box="[856,962,711,730]" pageId="5" value="2009-09-04">04/09/2009</date>
gardens 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FAAB13E09F03FD6D" box="[1357,1568,711,730]" italics="true" pageId="5">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3) 7/2 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FF2111B098E3FF04" bold="true" box="[199,448,151,176]" pageId="6">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
The new species is differentiated readily (using annulation characters) from all other described species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FE61119B9B3AFF60" box="[391,537,188,212]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FE61119B9B3AFF60" box="[391,537,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6">Gegeneophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD93119B9BC2FF60" box="[629,737,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. kr i s h n i</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FCC6119B9AEFFF60" box="[800,972,188,212]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mhadeiensis">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FCC6119B9AEFFF60" box="[800,972,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. mhadeiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, for which differences in annulation are generally not (or barely) absolute, in part because of outliers. For example, whereas the new species usually has more SAGs than 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FEBE102398E6FEA8" box="[344,453,260,284]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="krishni">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FEBE102398E6FEA8" box="[344,453,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. krishni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this is not strictly true for one specimen of the latter species (BNHS 4176) which has a tiny isolated SAG on the 104th PA but otherwise has its anteriormost SAG on 110th PA. Similarly, whereas total length/LH = 48.4–60.3 (mean 53.93) in 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD84106B9A03FED0" box="[610,800,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. kr i s h n i versus</emphasis>
33.3–47.8 (mean 42.3) in most of the new species, this ignores one seemingly abnormal outlier, a specimen of the new species (ZSI 2535) for which this ratio is 56. LH/ WH in the new species is 1.18–1.44 (mean 1.34) 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD5910B29A24FE18" box="[703,775,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="6">versus</emphasis>
1.57–1.69 (mean 1.63) in 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FBC910B39DBFFE18" box="[1071,1180,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. krishni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9DFFC1FF91124A9E22F9E8" pageId="5">
<table id="F929C085FF9D003BFF9113D79E6CF93A" box="[119,1871,752,1678]" gridcols="7" gridrows="10" pageId="5">
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9113D79E6CFC2D" box="[119,1871,752,921]" gridrow="0" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF9113D798EDFC2D" box="[119,462,752,921]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="5">Kakkadavu N12.266208, E75.281679</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA313D79BB0FC2D" box="[581,659,752,921]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="5">c.50</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1613D79A2EFC2D" box="[752,781,752,921]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="5">1</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE13D79AE1FC2D" box="[856,962,752,921]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="5">09/07/2009 07/07/2010 04/06/2014 10/04/2008</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF013D79DC8FC2D" box="[1046,1259,752,921]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="5">Disturbed, generally grassy riverbanks</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA413D79F6FFC2D" box="[1346,1612,752,921]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FAA413D79F08FCB7" box="[1346,1579,752,771]" class="Amphibia" family="Ichthyophiidae" genus="Ichthyophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FAA413D79C8CFCB7" box="[1346,1455,752,771]" italics="true" pageId="5">Ichthyophis</emphasis>
cf. 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FA3713D79F08FCB7" box="[1489,1579,752,771]" italics="true" pageId="5">beddomei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(1) 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FAAB123D9F03FC99" box="[1357,1568,794,813]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FAAB123D9F03FC99" box="[1357,1568,794,813]" italics="true" pageId="5">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5) - 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FA25124A9CE8FCCB" box="[1475,1483,877,895]" italics="true" pageId="5">-</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90513D79E6CFC2D" box="[1763,1871,752,921]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="5">7/1 7/3 4/2 2/3</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF91129F9E6CFC51" box="[119,1871,952,997]" gridrow="1" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91129F98EDFC51" box="[119,462,952,997]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="5">Pallipara N12.269399, E75.261259</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA3129F9BB0FC51" box="[581,659,952,997]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="5">c.120</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD16129F9A2EFC51" box="[752,781,952,997]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="5">2.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE129F9AE1FC51" box="[856,962,952,997]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="5">24.08.2008</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF0129F9DC8FC51" box="[1046,1259,952,997]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="5">Open, rocky with scattered shrubs</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA4129F9F6FFC51" box="[1346,1612,952,997]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FA8E129F9CC5FC7F" box="[1384,1510,952,971]" class="Amphibia" family="Ichthyophiidae" genus="Uraeotyphlus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FA8E129F9CC5FC7F" box="[1384,1510,952,971]" italics="true" pageId="5">Uraeotyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (1)
</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF905129F9E6CFC51" box="[1763,1871,952,997]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="5">6/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9115239E6CFB85" box="[119,1871,1028,1073]" gridrow="2" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91152398EDFB85" box="[119,462,1028,1073]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="5">Kunnumkai N12.296307, E75.281175</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA315239BB0FB85" box="[581,659,1028,1073]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="5">c.40</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1615239A2EFB85" box="[752,781,1028,1073]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="5">1.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE15239AE1FB85" box="[856,962,1028,1073]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="5">11/04/2008</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF015239DC8FB85" box="[1046,1259,1028,1073]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="5">Disturbed, generally grassy riverbanks</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA415239F6FFB85" box="[1346,1612,1028,1073]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90515239E6CFB85" box="[1763,1871,1028,1073]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="5">2/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9115689E6CFBC8" box="[119,1871,1103,1148]" gridrow="3" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91156898EDFBC8" box="[119,462,1103,1148]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="5">Mukkadavu N12.282963, E75.263097</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA315689BB0FBC8" box="[581,659,1103,1148]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5">c.75</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1615689A2EFBC8" box="[752,781,1103,1148]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5">2.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE15689AE1FBC8" box="[856,962,1103,1148]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="5">11/04/2008</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF015689DC8FBC8" box="[1046,1259,1103,1148]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="5">Disturbed, generally grassy riverbanks</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA415689F6FFBC8" box="[1346,1612,1103,1148]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90515689E6CFBC8" box="[1763,1871,1103,1148]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="5">2/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9115BB9E6CFB7C" box="[119,1871,1180,1224]" gridrow="4" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF9115BB98EDFB7C" box="[119,462,1180,1224]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5">Kammadam Kavu N12.313339, E 75.315108</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA315BB9BB0FB7C" box="[581,659,1180,1224]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="5">100</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1615BB9A2EFB7C" box="[752,781,1180,1224]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="5">3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE15BB9AE1FB7C" box="[856,962,1180,1224]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="5">11/04/2008</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF015BB9DC8FB7C" box="[1046,1259,1180,1224]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="5">Slightly disturbed forest of sacred grove</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA415BB9F6FFB7C" box="[1346,1612,1180,1224]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90515BB9E6CFB7C" box="[1763,1871,1180,1224]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="5">3/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9115C09E6CFAA0" box="[119,1871,1255,1300]" gridrow="5" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF9115C098EDFAA0" box="[119,462,1255,1300]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="5">Cheruvathur N12.216590, E75.162520</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA315C09BB0FAA0" box="[581,659,1255,1300]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5">c.15</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1615C09A2EFAA0" box="[752,781,1255,1300]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5">10</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE15C09AE1FAA0" box="[856,962,1255,1300]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="5">0 6.07.2010</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF015C09DC8FAA0" box="[1046,1259,1255,1300]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="5">Coconut plantation</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA415C09F6FFAA0" box="[1346,1612,1255,1300]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FA8E15CF9CC5FB4F" box="[1384,1510,1256,1275]" class="Amphibia" family="Ichthyophiidae" genus="Uraeotyphlus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FA8E15CF9CC5FB4F" box="[1384,1510,1256,1275]" italics="true" pageId="5">Uraeotyphlus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (4)
</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90515C09E6CFAA0" box="[1763,1871,1255,1300]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="5">4/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9114159E6CFAD4" box="[119,1871,1330,1376]" gridrow="6" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91141598EDFAD4" box="[119,462,1330,1376]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5">Kottanchery N12.354477, E75.412753</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA314159BB0FAD4" box="[581,659,1330,1376]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5">700-800</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1614159A2EFAD4" box="[752,781,1330,1376]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5">10</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE14159AE1FAD4" box="[856,962,1330,1376]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="5">0 8.02.2010</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF014159DC8FAD4" box="[1046,1259,1330,1376]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="5">Disturbed forest</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA414159F6FFAD4" box="[1346,1612,1330,1376]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90514159E6CFAD4" box="[1763,1871,1330,1376]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="5">6/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9114589E6CFA70" box="[119,1871,1407,1476]" gridrow="7" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91145898EDFA70" box="[119,462,1407,1476]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5">Periya N12.402467, E75.100115</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA314589BB0FA70" box="[581,659,1407,1476]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="5">80</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1614589A2EFA70" box="[752,781,1407,1476]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5">16</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE14589AE1FA70" box="[856,962,1407,1476]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="5">0 8.07.2010</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF014589DC8FA70" box="[1046,1259,1407,1476]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="5">Coconut, arecanut and banana plantations and rocky plateau</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA414589F6FFA70" box="[1346,1612,1407,1476]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90514589E6CFA70" box="[1763,1871,1407,1476]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="5">4/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF9114C49E6CF99D" box="[119,1871,1507,1577]" gridrow="8" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF9114C498EDF99D" box="[119,462,1507,1577]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="5">Kalliot N12.412443, E75.143884</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA314C49BB0F99D" box="[581,659,1507,1577]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="5">115</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD1614C49A2EF99D" box="[752,781,1507,1577]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="5">14</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE14C49AE1F99D" box="[856,962,1507,1577]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="5">0 8.07.2010</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF014C49DC8F99D" box="[1046,1259,1507,1577]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="5">Mixed (arecanut, coconut, banana) plantation</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA414C49F6FF99D" box="[1346,1612,1507,1577]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="5">-</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF90514C49E6CF99D" box="[1763,1871,1507,1577]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="5">2/2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9D003BFF91176F9E6CF93A" box="[119,1871,1608,1678]" gridrow="9" pageId="5">
<th id="76C8591BFF9D003BFF91176F98EDF93A" box="[119,462,1608,1678]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="5">Kallar N12.432355, E75.271177</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFDA3176F9BB0F93A" box="[581,659,1608,1678]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="5">100-200</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFD16176F9A2EF93A" box="[752,781,1608,1678]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="5">17</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFCBE176F9AE1F93A" box="[856,962,1608,1678]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="5">0 5.02.2010</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFBF0176F9DC8F93A" box="[1046,1259,1608,1678]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="5">Mixed (arecanut, coconut, banana) plantation</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BFAA4176F9F6FF93A" box="[1346,1612,1608,1678]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="5">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9DFFC1FA8E176E9F25F9E8" box="[1384,1542,1609,1628]" italics="true" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9DFFC1FA8E176E9CC5F9E8" box="[1384,1510,1609,1628]" class="Amphibia" family="Ichthyophiidae" genus="Uraeotyphlus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Uraeotyphlus</taxonomicName>
sp.
</emphasis>
(1)
</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9D003BF905176F9E6CF93A" box="[1763,1871,1608,1678]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="5">8/3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF2110909B02FD31" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="6">
Whereas overlap in ranges of morphometric variables is expected to increase with larger samples, we suspect that interspecific differences in the numbers of PAs and (relative and/or absolute) position of anteriormost SAGs, and ratios of head and body dimensions will be significantly different when larger samples are available. We are also impressed by the difference between 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FD9413039BD4FD88" box="[626,759,548,572]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD9413039BD4FD88" box="[626,759,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FD1913029A74FD88" box="[767,855,549,572]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FC6913039ADAFD88" box="[911,1017,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. k r i s h n i</emphasis>
in the number of ventrally complete SAGs, although substantially greater, possibly overlapping, variation in this feature should not be unexpected also when larger samples are examined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF2113A89B28FBA4" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="6">
Molecular data (Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FE3013B69B35FD1C" box="[470,534,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6">et al.,</emphasis>
2011) provide additional evidence that these three nominal species are distinct. This is particularly the case for the superficially similar 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FCE013939A8CFD78" box="[774,943,692,716]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mhadeiensis">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FCE013939A8CFD78" box="[774,943,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. mhadeiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FC0213939D4BFD78" box="[996,1128,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FB8813929DE7FD78" box="[1134,1220,693,716]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
which are not each other’s closest relatives (Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FDEC13FE9B6FFD44" box="[522,588,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6">et al.,</emphasis>
2011: fig. 2) and which differ by more than 9.5% in 883 aligned sites of mitochondrial 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FEDA13DB9845FCA0" box="[316,358,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="6">12S</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FE4713DB98E9FCA0" box="[417,458,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="6">16S</emphasis>
(Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FDD413DA9B50FCA0" box="[562,627,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="6">et al.,</emphasis>
2011: table 5). The molecular difference between 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FB5013DB9C18FCA0" box="[1206,1339,764,788]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FB5013DB9C18FCA0" box="[1206,1339,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FAA213DA9CBFFCA0" box="[1348,1436,765,788]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and the other superficially most similar (in terms of annulation) species 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FC3312079D63FC83" box="[981,1088,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. k r i s h n i</emphasis>
are less extreme and they are much more closely related (Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FDC412629B42FCE8" box="[546,609,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="6">et al.,</emphasis>
2011: fig. 2), but they are nonetheless separated by a large uncorrected pdistance of 6.1% (Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FE5E124E98D2FC34" box="[440,497,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="6">et al.</emphasis>
2011). Molecular data have yet to be published for 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FBDA124F9D8DFC34" box="[1084,1198,872,896]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pareshi">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FBDA124F9D8DFC34" box="[1084,1198,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. pareshi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FB00124F9C53FC34" box="[1254,1392,872,896]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FB00124F9C53FC34" box="[1254,1392,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but these two species are easily distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FD2112AB9A6DFC10" box="[711,846,908,932]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD2112AB9A6DFC10" box="[711,846,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FCBF12AA9A97FC10" box="[857,948,909,932]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in that the latter has, for example, SAGs (absent in 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FEE8129798A3FC7C" box="[270,384,944,968]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pareshi">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FEE8129798A3FC7C" box="[270,384,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. pareshi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and more than 120 PAs (&lt;
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<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FCF512979ABDFC7C" box="[787,926,944,968]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FCF512979ABDFC7C" box="[787,926,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Gower et al. (2011: tables 1, 2) mistakenly reported their 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FEDA12F398E7FC58" box="[316,452,980,1004]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FEDA12F398E7FC58" box="[316,452,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="6">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FE2812F29B0AFC58" box="[462,553,981,1004]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
voucher specimen as “ 
<collectingCountry id="F33E72B5FF9EFFC2FCDE12F39A40FC58" box="[824,867,980,1004]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="6">UK</collectingCountry>
MW3421” – it should have been 
<collectingCountry id="F33E72B5FF9EFFC2FB1112F29C03FC58" box="[1271,1312,981,1004]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="6">UK</collectingCountry>
MW3417, which is now 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9EFFC2FED512DF98B0FBA4" box="[307,403,1016,1040]" pageId="6" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
ZSI 2532.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33361AEFF9EFFC2FF21153B9A3FFB5C" pageId="6" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF21153B9830FB71" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="6">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FF21153B986BFB81" bold="true" box="[199,328,1052,1077]" pageId="6">Etymology</emphasis>
: The specific epithet is in reference to the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9EFFC2FCC6153A9A73FB81" box="[800,848,1053,1077]" pageId="6">type</typeStatus>
locality, which lies close to (less than 
<quantity id="4CD19FC0FF9EFFC2FB1D153B9C17FB81" box="[1275,1332,1052,1077]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="6" unit="km" value="1.0">1 km</quantity>
north of) the 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FF241518980CFBEC" box="[194,303,1087,1112]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">Tejaswini</taxonomicName>
(= Thejaswini) river. The origin of the river’s name is the Sanskrit word 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FB9A15679D92FBE3" box="[1148,1201,1088,1111]" italics="true" pageId="6">tejas</emphasis>
, meaning spiritually splendorous radiance. The 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FE2215439B13FBC9" box="[452,560,1124,1149]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">Tejaswini</taxonomicName>
river is associated historically with agricultural communities rising up against feudalism and British imperialism. For nomenclatural purposes the specific epithet is considered to be a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF2115E89A3FFB5C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1544]" box="[199,796,1231,1256]" pageId="6">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FF2115E898D7FB5C" bold="true" box="[199,500,1231,1256]" pageId="6">Suggested common name</emphasis>
: 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FDE515E89B53FB5C" box="[515,624,1231,1256]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">Tejaswini</taxonomicName>
Geg (English).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33361AEFF9EFFCCFF2115D39BBBFE18" lastPageId="8" pageId="6" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF2115D39D97F9BC" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="6">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FF2115D39B7CFAB9" bold="true" box="[199,607,1268,1293]" pageId="6">Distribution and Natural History</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD9415D39A56FAB8" box="[626,885,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FC6615D29AF8FAB8" box="[896,987,1269,1292]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is known only from the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9EFFC2FAE115D29C14FAB9" box="[1287,1335,1269,1293]" pageId="6">type</typeStatus>
locality. Animals were found during four field visits conducted 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9EFFC2FCF7143F9AB0FA84" box="[785,915,1304,1328]" pageId="6" value="2008" valueMax="2010">2008–2010</date>
, between April and September, but none was found in 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9EFFC2FF1B141A9853FAE0" box="[253,368,1340,1364]" pageId="6" value="2014-06">June 2014</date>
when the ground was dry before the monsoon. All the specimens were dug from soil in mixed (including coconut, arecanut, banana) home gardens bordering commercial rubber (to the north and west) and arecanut (to the south) plantations and the disturbed Kamballur Reserve Forest (to the east). Specimens were mostly dug from around the bases of trees, on sloping, partly terraced ground among housing (
<figureCitation id="13122EA0FF9EFFC2FB2A14809C32FA74" box="[1228,1297,1447,1472]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1958,1980]" captionTargetBox="[179,1407,1597,1937]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[179,1407,1597,1937]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Habitat at Bedoor, type locality of Gegeneophis tejaswini sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/242126/files/figure.png" pageId="6">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Below the slope and away from housing lies a flat area with more intensive agriculture and regular drainage channels though no specimens were found here in the small amount of digging carried out (only in 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9EFFC2FBD714D69D8BF9BC" box="[1073,1192,1520,1544]" pageId="6" value="2014-06">June 2014</date>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF5662ADFF9EFFC2FF7116819A90F808" box="[151,947,1958,1981]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/242126/files/figure.png" pageId="6" targetBox="[179,1407,1597,1937]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9EFFC2FF7116819A90F808" blockId="6.[151,947,1958,1981]" box="[151,947,1958,1981]" pageId="6">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FF7116819831F808" bold="true" box="[151,274,1958,1980]" pageId="6">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Habitat at Bedoor, type locality of 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9EFFC2FD9E16819A7CF809" box="[632,863,1958,1981]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9EFFC2FD9E16819A7CF809" box="[632,863,1958,1981]" italics="true" pageId="6">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9EFFC2FC8216809A90F808" box="[868,947,1959,1980]" pageId="6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9FFFC3FF2111B09C5FFEA8" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,285]" pageId="7">
Three poorly preserved specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9FFFC3FD9811BF9A26FF1B" box="[638,773,152,175]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9FFFC3FD9811BF9A26FF1B" box="[638,773,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="7">G. tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9FFFC3FCF611BF9A49FF1B" box="[784,874,152,175]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
were neither included in the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9FFFC3FB2311BF9DD6FF04" box="[1221,1269,152,176]" pageId="7">type</typeStatus>
series nor yet deposited in a permanent collection. These are smaller than any of the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9FFFC3FC27119A9ADCFF61" box="[961,1023,189,213]" pageId="7">types</typeStatus>
, with total lengths of approximately 
<quantity id="4CD19FC0FF9FFFC3FF7111F89831FF43" box="[151,274,223,248]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="9.5" metricValueMin="8.5" pageId="7" unit="mm" value="90.0" valueMax="95.0" valueMin="85.0">85–95 mm</quantity>
(fresh lengths approximately 
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). They were collected from the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF9FFFC3FB8C11C79DB9FF4C" box="[1130,1178,224,248]" pageId="7">type</typeStatus>
locality on 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9FFFC3FAC011C799ECFEA8" pageId="7" value="2008-08-10">10 August 2008</date>
and 0 
<date id="FF9714E5FF9FFFC3FEF5102398C0FEA8" box="[275,483,260,285]" pageId="7" value="2009-09-04">4 September 2009</date>
. One was found approximately 
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from an adult female and is shown in 
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B963225FF9FFFC3FF71106B9AA9FE17" blockId="7.[151,1435,331,419]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9FFFC3FF71106B982DFED7" bold="true" box="[151,270,332,355]" pageId="7">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Some morphometric (in mm) and meristic data for the type series of 
<taxonomicName id="4C2949A6FF9FFFC3FBCA106C9C01FED7" box="[1068,1314,331,355]" class="Amphibia" family="Caeciliidae" genus="Gegeneophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gymnophiona" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tejaswini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9FFFC3FBCA106C9C01FED7" box="[1068,1314,331,355]" italics="true" pageId="7">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26E534CFF9FFFC3FACB106B9CA7FED7" box="[1325,1412,332,355]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
* indicates holotype; all other specimens are paratopotypes. † specimen used in molecular phylogenetic study (sample 40) of Gower 
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF9FFFC3FEE510AB981BFE17" box="[259,312,395,419]" italics="true" pageId="7">et al.</emphasis>
(2011). ** obscured by partial eversion of phallodeum.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF9FFFC3FF7910999C1CF810" pageId="7">
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<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF791099989EFE60" box="[159,445,446,468]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="7">Collection</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3510999B0DFE60" box="[467,558,446,468]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7">BNHS</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB010999B91FE60" box="[598,690,446,468]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7">BNHS</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C10999A05FE60" box="[714,806,446,468]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="7">BNHS</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB10999AB9FE60" box="[829,922,446,468]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="7">BNHS</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5710999D2FFE60" box="[945,1036,446,468]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="7">ZSI</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC210999DA3FE60" box="[1060,1152,446,468]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="7">ZSI</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E10999DD7FE60" box="[1176,1268,446,468]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="7">ZSI</th>
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD410999CACFE60" box="[1330,1423,446,468]" gridcol="8" gridrow="0" pageId="7">ZSI</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7910CF9CACFD9C" box="[159,1423,488,552]" gridrow="1" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7910CF989EFD9C" box="[159,445,488,552]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7">Specimen Number Sex</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3510CF9B0DFD9C" box="[467,558,488,552]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="7">5420* f</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB010CF9B91FD9C" box="[598,690,488,552]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="7">5421 f</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C10CF9A05FD9C" box="[714,806,488,552]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="7">5422 f</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB10CF9AB9FD9C" box="[829,922,488,552]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="7">5423 m</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5710CF9D2FFD9C" box="[945,1036,488,552]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="7">2532† m</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC210CF9DA3FD9C" box="[1060,1152,488,552]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="7">2533 m</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E10CF9DD7FD9C" box="[1176,1268,488,552]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="7">2534 m</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD410CF9CACFD9C" box="[1330,1423,488,552]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="7">2535 m</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79131B9CACFD10" box="[159,1423,572,676]" gridrow="2" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79131B989EFD10" box="[159,445,572,676]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="7">Length PAs SAGs</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35131B9B0DFD10" box="[467,558,572,676]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7">193 127 20</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0131B9B91FD10" box="[598,690,572,676]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7">196 126 18</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C131B9A05FD10" box="[714,806,572,676]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="7">135 128 20</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB131B9AB9FD10" box="[829,922,572,676]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="7">140 127 23</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57131B9D2FFD10" box="[945,1036,572,676]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="7">180 126 28</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2131B9DA3FD10" box="[1060,1152,572,676]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="7">200 125 25</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E131B9DD7FD10" box="[1176,1268,572,676]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="7">207 131 22</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4131B9CACFD10" box="[1330,1423,572,676]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="7">224 131 20</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79139F9CACFD58" box="[159,1423,696,748]" gridrow="3" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79139F989EFD58" box="[159,445,696,748]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7">First PA with dorsally complete SAG</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35139F9B0DFD58" box="[467,558,696,748]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7">110</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0139F9B91FD58" box="[598,690,696,748]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7">112</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C139F9A05FD58" box="[714,806,696,748]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7">111</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB139F9AB9FD58" box="[829,922,696,748]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="7">109</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57139F9D2FFD58" box="[945,1036,696,748]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="7">105</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2139F9DA3FD58" box="[1060,1152,696,748]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="7">106</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E139F9DD7FD58" box="[1176,1268,696,748]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="7">115</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4139F9CACFD58" box="[1330,1423,696,748]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="7">115</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7912279CACFC80" box="[159,1423,768,820]" gridrow="4" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF791227989EFC80" box="[159,445,768,820]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7">PAs with ventrally complete SAGs</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3512279B0DFC80" box="[467,558,768,820]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7">119–125</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB012279B91FC80" box="[598,690,768,820]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7">118–123</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C12279A05FC80" box="[714,806,768,820]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="7">120–125</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB12279AB9FC80" box="[829,922,768,820]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="7">120–124</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5712279D2FFC80" box="[945,1036,768,820]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="7">119–124</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC212279DA3FC80" box="[1060,1152,768,820]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="7">117–123</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E12279DD7FC80" box="[1176,1268,768,820]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="7">124–128</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD412279CACFC80" box="[1330,1423,768,820]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="7">125–129</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79126F9CACFC3C" box="[159,1423,840,904]" gridrow="5" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79126F989EFC3C" box="[159,445,840,904]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7">TGs on C1, C2 ST–NG1</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35126F9B0DFC3C" box="[467,558,840,904]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1, 1 5.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0126F9B91FC3C" box="[598,690,840,904]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1,1 5.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C126F9A05FC3C" box="[714,806,840,904]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1,1 4.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB126F9AB9FC3C" box="[829,922,840,904]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="7">0,1 4.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57126F9D2FFC3C" box="[945,1036,840,904]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1,1 5.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2126F9DA3FC3C" box="[1060,1152,840,904]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1,1 5.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E126F9DD7FC3C" box="[1176,1268,840,904]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="7">0,1 6.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4126F9CACFC3C" box="[1330,1423,840,904]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="7">1,1 5.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7912BB9CACFC69" box="[159,1423,924,989]" gridrow="6" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7912BB989EFC69" box="[159,445,924,989]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7">Length of CI (N1–N2) Length of C2 (N2–N3)</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3512BB9B0DFC69" box="[467,558,924,989]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.4 2.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB012BB9B91FC69" box="[598,690,924,989]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.2 1.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C12BB9A05FC69" box="[714,806,924,989]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.0 1.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB12BB9AB9FC69" box="[829,922,924,989]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.2 1.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5712BB9D2FFC69" box="[945,1036,924,989]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.5 1.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC212BB9DA3FC69" box="[1060,1152,924,989]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.4 2.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E12BB9DD7FC69" box="[1176,1268,924,989]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.6 2.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD412BB9CACFC69" box="[1330,1423,924,989]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="7">1.8 2.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7912D69CACFBBC" box="[159,1423,1009,1032]" gridrow="7" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7912D6989EFBBC" box="[159,445,1009,1032]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7">ST–CM</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3512D69B0DFBBC" box="[467,558,1009,1032]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="7">4.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB012D69B91FBBC" box="[598,690,1009,1032]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="7">3.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C12D69A05FBBC" box="[714,806,1009,1032]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="7">3.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB12D69AB9FBBC" box="[829,922,1009,1032]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="7">3.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5712D69D2FFBBC" box="[945,1036,1009,1032]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="7">4.0</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC212D69DA3FBBC" box="[1060,1152,1009,1032]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="7">4.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E12D69DD7FBBC" box="[1176,1268,1009,1032]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="7">4.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD412D69CACFBBC" box="[1330,1423,1009,1032]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="7">5.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79153B9CACFBE8" box="[159,1423,1052,1116]" gridrow="8" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79153B989EFBE8" box="[159,445,1052,1116]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="7">CM–N1 WH</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35153B9B0DFBE8" box="[467,558,1052,1116]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.6 3.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0153B9B91FBE8" box="[598,690,1052,1116]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.6 4.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C153B9A05FBE8" box="[714,806,1052,1116]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.3 3.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB153B9AB9FBE8" box="[829,922,1052,1116]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.3 3.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57153B9D2FFBE8" box="[945,1036,1052,1116]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.9 3.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2153B9DA3FBE8" box="[1060,1152,1052,1116]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.7 4.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E153B9DD7FBE8" box="[1176,1268,1052,1116]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="7">1.5 4.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4153B9CACFBE8" box="[1330,1423,1052,1116]" gridcol="8" gridrow="8" pageId="7">2.1 4.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7915579CACFB04" box="[159,1423,1136,1200]" gridrow="9" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF791557989EFB04" box="[159,445,1136,1200]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="7">Width of head at CM N–N</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3515579B0DFB04" box="[467,558,1136,1200]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="7">3.4 1.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB015579B91FB04" box="[598,690,1136,1200]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="7">3.5 1.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C15579A05FB04" box="[714,806,1136,1200]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="7">2.8 1.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB15579AB9FB04" box="[829,922,1136,1200]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="7">2.9 1.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5715579D2FFB04" box="[945,1036,1136,1200]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="7">3.2 1.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC215579DA3FB04" box="[1060,1152,1136,1200]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="7">3.6 1.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E15579DD7FB04" box="[1176,1268,1136,1200]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="7">4.1 1.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD415579CACFB04" box="[1330,1423,1136,1200]" gridcol="8" gridrow="9" pageId="7">4.3 1.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7915E39CACFAB1" box="[159,1423,1220,1285]" gridrow="10" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7915E3989EFAB1" box="[159,445,1220,1285]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="7">TA –TA N–TA</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3515E39B0DFAB1" box="[467,558,1220,1285]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.5 0.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB015E39B91FAB1" box="[598,690,1220,1285]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.3 0.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C15E39A05FAB1" box="[714,806,1220,1285]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.0 0.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB15E39AB9FAB1" box="[829,922,1220,1285]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.0 0.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5715E39D2FFAB1" box="[945,1036,1220,1285]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.0 0.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC215E39DA3FAB1" box="[1060,1152,1220,1285]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.2 0.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E15E39DD7FAB1" box="[1176,1268,1220,1285]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.5 0.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD415E39CACFAB1" box="[1330,1423,1220,1285]" gridcol="8" gridrow="10" pageId="7">2.7 0.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79143E9CACFA84" box="[159,1423,1305,1328]" gridrow="11" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79143E989EFA84" box="[159,445,1305,1328]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="7">TA –L</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35143E9B0DFA84" box="[467,558,1305,1328]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0143E9B91FA84" box="[598,690,1305,1328]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C143E9A05FA84" box="[714,806,1305,1328]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB143E9AB9FA84" box="[829,922,1305,1328]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57143E9D2FFA84" box="[945,1036,1305,1328]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2143E9DA3FA84" box="[1060,1152,1305,1328]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E143E9DD7FA84" box="[1176,1268,1305,1328]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4143E9CACFA84" box="[1330,1423,1305,1328]" gridcol="8" gridrow="11" pageId="7">0.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7914639CACFA31" box="[159,1423,1348,1413]" gridrow="12" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF791463989EFA31" box="[159,445,1348,1413]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="7">N–L N–CM</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3514639B0DFA31" box="[467,558,1348,1413]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="7">1.0 3.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB014639B91FA31" box="[598,690,1348,1413]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="7">0.9 3.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C14639A05FA31" box="[714,806,1348,1413]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="7">0.8 2.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB14639AB9FA31" box="[829,922,1348,1413]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="7">0.8 2.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5714639D2FFA31" box="[945,1036,1348,1413]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="7">0.8 4.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC214639DA3FA31" box="[1060,1152,1348,1413]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="7">0.9 3.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E14639DD7FA31" box="[1176,1268,1348,1413]" gridcol="7" gridrow="12" pageId="7">1.1 4.0</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD414639CACFA31" box="[1330,1423,1348,1413]" gridcol="8" gridrow="12" pageId="7">1.2 4.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7914BE9CACFA04" box="[159,1423,1433,1456]" gridrow="13" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7914BE989EFA04" box="[159,445,1433,1456]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="7">TA –ST</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3514BE9B0DFA04" box="[467,558,1433,1456]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.7</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB014BE9B91FA04" box="[598,690,1433,1456]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C14BE9A05FA04" box="[714,806,1433,1456]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.4</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB14BE9AB9FA04" box="[829,922,1433,1456]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5714BE9D2FFA04" box="[945,1036,1433,1456]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC214BE9DA3FA04" box="[1060,1152,1433,1456]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.6</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E14BE9DD7FA04" box="[1176,1268,1433,1456]" gridcol="7" gridrow="13" pageId="7">1.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD414BE9CACFA04" box="[1330,1423,1433,1456]" gridcol="8" gridrow="13" pageId="7">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7914E39CACF9B1" box="[159,1423,1476,1541]" gridrow="14" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7914E3989EF9B1" box="[159,445,1476,1541]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="7">TA –CM ST–AM</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3514E39B0DF9B1" box="[467,558,1476,1541]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="7">2.6 1.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB014E39B91F9B1" box="[598,690,1476,1541]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="7">2.4 1.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C14E39A05F9B1" box="[714,806,1476,1541]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="7">1.9 1.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB14E39AB9F9B1" box="[829,922,1476,1541]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="7">2.0 1.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5714E39D2FF9B1" box="[945,1036,1476,1541]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="7">2.5 1.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC214E39DA3F9B1" box="[1060,1152,1476,1541]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="7">2.7 1.2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E14E39DD7F9B1" box="[1176,1268,1476,1541]" gridcol="7" gridrow="14" pageId="7">3.1 1.3</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD414E39CACF9B1" box="[1330,1423,1476,1541]" gridcol="8" gridrow="14" pageId="7">3.3 1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79173E9CACF9EC" box="[159,1423,1561,1624]" gridrow="15" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79173E989EF9EC" box="[159,445,1561,1624]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="7">Width at midbody Circumference</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35173E9B0DF9EC" box="[467,558,1561,1624]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.5 15</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0173E9B91F9EC" box="[598,690,1561,1624]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.1 14</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C173E9A05F9EC" box="[714,806,1561,1624]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="7">3.7 13</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB173E9AB9F9EC" box="[829,922,1561,1624]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.2 15</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57173E9D2FF9EC" box="[945,1036,1561,1624]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.5 15.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2173E9DA3F9EC" box="[1060,1152,1561,1624]" gridcol="6" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.6 15</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E173E9DD7F9EC" box="[1176,1268,1561,1624]" gridcol="7" gridrow="15" pageId="7">4.6 15</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4173E9CACF9EC" box="[1330,1423,1561,1624]" gridcol="8" gridrow="15" pageId="7">3.9 14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79174B9CACF918" box="[159,1423,1644,1708]" gridrow="16" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79174B989EF918" box="[159,445,1644,1708]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="7">Width at level of vent Vent –TT</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35174B9B0DF918" box="[467,558,1644,1708]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="7">2.9 0.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0174B9B91F918" box="[598,690,1644,1708]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="7">2.9 0.9</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C174B9A05F918" box="[714,806,1644,1708]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="7">2.3 0.5</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB174B9AB9F918" box="[829,922,1644,1708]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="7">2.6 0.8</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57174B9D2FF918" box="[945,1036,1644,1708]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="7">3.0 1.0</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2174B9DA3F918" box="[1060,1152,1644,1708]" gridcol="6" gridrow="16" pageId="7">3.1 1.1</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E174B9DD7F918" box="[1176,1268,1644,1708]" gridcol="7" gridrow="16" pageId="7">3.3 1.0</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4174B9CACF918" box="[1330,1423,1644,1708]" gridcol="8" gridrow="16" pageId="7">2.6 1.0</td>
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<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF7917E79CACF89C" box="[159,1423,1728,1832]" gridrow="17" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF7917E7989EF89C" box="[159,445,1728,1832]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="7">Width of disc Vent denticulations PMs</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE3517E79B0DF89C" box="[467,558,1728,1832]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.3 10 21</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB017E79B91F89C" box="[598,690,1728,1832]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.2 11 23</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C17E79A05F89C" box="[714,806,1728,1832]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.6 11 24</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB17E79AB9F89C" box="[829,922,1728,1832]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.6 ** 20</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC5717E79D2FF89C" box="[945,1036,1728,1832]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.7 11 22</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC217E79DA3F89C" box="[1060,1152,1728,1832]" gridcol="6" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.3 15 23</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E17E79DD7F89C" box="[1176,1268,1728,1832]" gridcol="7" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.4 10 or 11 23</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD417E79CACF89C" box="[1330,1423,1728,1832]" gridcol="8" gridrow="17" pageId="7">1.6 10 26</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35193067FF9F003BFF79161B9CACF810" box="[159,1423,1852,1956]" gridrow="18" pageId="7">
<th id="76C8591BFF9F003BFF79161B989EF810" box="[159,445,1852,1956]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="7">VPs OMs IMs</th>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFE35161B9B0DF810" box="[467,558,1852,1956]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="7">22 14 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFDB0161B9B91F810" box="[598,690,1852,1956]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="7">22 13 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFD2C161B9A05F810" box="[714,806,1852,1956]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="7">22 14 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFCDB161B9AB9F810" box="[829,922,1852,1956]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="7">21 12 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFC57161B9D2FF810" box="[945,1036,1852,1956]" gridcol="5" gridrow="18" pageId="7">21 16 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFBC2161B9DA3F810" box="[1060,1152,1852,1956]" gridcol="6" gridrow="18" pageId="7">19 14 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFB7E161B9DD7F810" box="[1176,1268,1852,1956]" gridcol="7" gridrow="18" pageId="7">21 14 2</td>
<td id="76C8591BFF9F003BFAD4161B9CACF810" box="[1330,1423,1852,1956]" gridcol="8" gridrow="18" pageId="7">27 16 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B963225FF90FFCCFF2111B09BBBFE18" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,429]" pageId="8">
<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF90FFCCFF2111B098E4FF04" bold="true" box="[199,455,151,176]" pageId="8">Conservation Status:</emphasis>
Given that 
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<emphasis id="B95DEE37FF90FFCCFDBB11BF9A42FF1B" box="[605,865,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="8">Gegeneophis tejaswini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is known only from a small series of specimens from a single locality, and that very little is known of its general ecology and nothing of its reproductive biology, we expect that it is likely to qualify for ‘Data Deficient’ status under IUCN criteria. The species is able to tolerate some agricultural habitats close to human habitation, which are extensive in this region, and it has been recorded at the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF90FFCCFEA4100F9851FEF4" box="[322,370,296,320]" pageId="8">type</typeStatus>
locality on four separate occasions between 
<date id="FF9714E5FF90FFCCFC8210009AFEFEF4" box="[868,989,295,320]" pageId="8" value="2008-04">April 2008</date>
and 
<date id="FF9714E5FF90FFCCFBF410009DA0FEF4" box="[1042,1155,295,320]" pageId="8" value="2010-07">July 2010</date>
, such that we are hopeful it might qualify for a Least Concern categorization if additional localities are discovered. Clearly it is not very abundant in the region given that 39 person hours of digging in localities less than 
<quantity id="4CD19FC0FF90FFCCFBB510579DBFFE3C" box="[1107,1180,367,392]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="8" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
from the 
<typeStatus id="54928C87FF90FFCCFAE910579C1CFE3C" box="[1295,1343,368,392]" pageId="8">type</typeStatus>
locality failed to yield additional specimens (Table 1).
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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