Wildlifeof India
Gegeneophis orientalis
CaeciliansGegeneophis orientalis
Basic stats
Habitat
Soil at high elevation (about 1,200 m), Eastern Ghats
Range
Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, India (type locality near Beespuram, Andhra Pradesh)
The Eastern Ghat blind caecilian, Gegeneophis orientalis, was described in 2013 by Agarwal, Wilkinson, Mohapatra, Dutta, Giri and Gower from near Beespuram in Andhra Pradesh. It lives at about 1,200 m in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, well away from the other members of its genus, which are mostly found in the Western Ghats. (citation of the original description).
Like other caecilians it is a limbless, burrowing amphibian that spends its life underground. The sources used give no further size or colour detail.
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Gegeneophis orientalis live in?
- Soil at high elevation (about 1,200 m), Eastern Ghats
- Where is the Gegeneophis orientalis found?
- Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, India (type locality near Beespuram, Andhra Pradesh)