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#from january's creature sketch prompts but forgot to post!#lot of fun suggestions- will probably do more #caecilian #bat #elephant shrew #spotted hyena #sketches #mixed media #watercolor #colored pencil #crayon

NEW CEACILIAN JUST DROPPED!!!

A new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1879 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) from the Western Ghats of northern Kerala, India

RAMACHANDRAN KOTHARAMBATH, RANJITH VENGOT, DAVID J. GOWER

Abstract

A new species of grandisoniid caecilian amphibian, Gegeneophis bavali sp. nov., is described based on two specimens from northern Kerala state in the southern part of the Western Ghats region of peninsular India. This species is distinguished from all other Gegeneophis by the combination of lacking an unsegmented terminal shield, having secondary annular grooves, and having more than 132 primary annuli. A new key to the identification of the species of the genus is presented.

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A new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1879 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) from the Western Ghats of northern Kerala, India | Zootaxa

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I think this is the first time I've made furry ocs that are fully mine and not a design for an existing character. I will make more but for now, have a caecilian libarian (unnamed rn, he/him) and his bobbit worm college medical student friend (she/her her name is mosiac also)