Two new species of amphibian nematodes from Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India. Author Rizvi, Anjum Nasreen text Zootaxa 2009 2013 58 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.185867 e648f5e0-fb90-40bd-af63-cf0493ab6140 1175-5326 185867 Key to the species of Cosmocercoides Key to the 18 species of Cosmocercoides is being provided for the first time. 1 Lateral alae present ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 - Lateral alae absent ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 2 Somatic papillae present ............................................................................................................................................... 3 - Somatic papillae absent ............................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Esophagus with 1 or 2 prebulbar swelling.................................................................................................................... 4 - Esophagus lacking prebulbar swelling ......................................................................................................................... 5 4 Esophagus with one prebulbar swelling ............................................................................................. C. multipapillata - Esophagus with two prebulbar swelling ............................................................................................... C.nainitalensis 5 Male with median papillae.............................................................................................................................. C.tridens - Male lacking median papillae ....................................................................................................................................... 6 6 Male with both rosette and simple papillae ..................................................................................................... C.rickae - Male lacking simple papillae ........................................................................................................................ C.kumaoni 7 Male with 2 equal spicules............................................................................................................................................ 8 - Male with unequal spicules..................................................................................................................... C.barodensis 8 Male less than 2 mm in length ................................................................................................................. C.lanceolatus - Male more than 2 mm in length................................................................................................................................... 9 9 Median papilla present............................................................................................................................... C.variabilis - Median papilla absent ................................................................................................................................................. 10 10 Gubernaculum present ................................................................................................................................................ 11 - Gubernaculum absent ............................................................................................................................... C.microhylae 11 Esophagus with prebulbar swelling ................................................................................................................ C.bufonis - Esophagus without prebulbar swelling…………………………………….. ............................................................ 12 12 Gubernaculum less than 50um................................................................................................................. C.oligodentis - Gubernaculum more than 50 um ...................................................................................................................... C. ranae 13 Male with somatic papillae ................................................................................................... C.karnatakaensis sp.nov. - Male lacking somatic papillae .................................................................................................................................... 14 14 Male with both rosette and simple papillae ................................................................................................................ 15 - Male lacking simple papillae ...................................................................................................................................... 17 15 Male with gubernaculum ............................................................................................................................................ 16 - Male lacking gubernaculum ................................................................................................................................. C.lilloi 16 Male with many simple preanal papillae ........................................................................................................ C.pulcher - Male lacking simple preanal papillae ......................................................................................................... C.tibetanum 17 Male with equal spicules .................................................................................................................................... C.dukae - Male with unequal spicules ............................................................................................................................. C.fotedari