Wildlifeof India
Gegeneophis bavali
CaeciliansGegeneophis bavali
Basic stats
Habitat
Underground in soil (a blind, burrowing caecilian)
Range
Northern Kerala, southern Western Ghats, India
Gegeneophis bavali is a caecilian described in 2026 from two specimens collected in northern Kerala, by authors from the Central University of Kerala and the Natural History Museum, London (Zootaxa-family journal, pages 571 to 580). It differs from other Gegeneophis in lacking an unsegmented terminal shield, having secondary annular grooves, and having more than 132 primary annuli. (abstract of the 2026 description).
Caecilians are limbless, worm-like burrowing amphibians that live in soil. The abstract gives no habitat, size or colour detail.
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Gegeneophis bavali live in?
- Underground in soil (a blind, burrowing caecilian)
- Where is the Gegeneophis bavali found?
- Northern Kerala, southern Western Ghats, India