Image 1. Gegeneophis goaensis in life from Chorla Village, Karnataka (ZSI/WGRC/V/A/714) © Nirmal U. Kulkarni

Image 2. Gegeneophis mhadeiensis in life from Maan Village, Karnataka. © Nirmal U. Kulkarni

Table 1. Collection localities for G. goaensis in Goa State.

SNo	Registration No.	Collection locality	Latitude Longitude	Altitude (a msl)
1	BNHS 4594 (holotype) BNHS 4595 (paratype)	Keri (Goa)	15^o21’ 36’’N 74^o 02’ 24’’E	21
2	ZSI/WGRC/V/A/714 (present collection)	Chorla (Karnataka)	15^o39’N 74^o 08’ 24’’E	780

Table 2. Collection localities for G. mhadeiensis bordering Karnataka and Goa states.

SNo	Registration No.	Collection locality	Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)	Altitude (in m)
1	BNHS 4643 (holotype) ZSI/WGRC/V/A/640 (paratype) BNHS 4644 (paratype)	Chorla (Karnataka)	15^023’24’’	74^008’	728
2	ZSI/WGRC/V/A/715 (present collection)	Chorla (Karnataka)	15^039’27’’	74^008’36’’	780
3	ZSI/WGRC/V/A/713a & 713b (present collection)	Surla (Goa)	15^040’19’’	74^010’24’’	750
4	ZSI/WGRC/V/A/716a & 716b (present collection)	Maan (Karnataka)	15^009’8’’	74^009’08’’	712

Table 3. Some morphometric (in mm) and meristic data for G. goaensis and G. mhadeiensis. Measurements were made to the nearest 0.1mm

with dial calipers, except for length and circumference, which were measured with a ruler and a piece of thread.

ZSI/WGRC/V/A/	*714	^^713a	^^713b	^^715	^^716a	^^716b
Total length	208	192	211	179	235	223
Head length	4.43	4.38	4.71	3.48	5.77	5.02
Head width at jaw angle	3.41	3.26	3.45	3.07	4.03	3.8
Circumference at mid body	16	17	17	13	21	21
Width of the body at 1st annular groove	3.53	4.23	4.52	3.3	4.36	4.23
Width of the body at broadest region	4.05	5.02	5.61	3.64	5.8	5.37
Width of the body at the level of vent	3.17	3.14	3.37	2.51	2.86	3.39
Length divided by width	51.35	38.24	37.61	49.17	40.51	41.52
Length of the snout projecting beyond mouth	1.16	1.05	1.36	1.06	1.14	1.53
Distance between jaw angle and top of head	1.27	1.26	1.21	1.27	1.9	1.55
Distance between jaw angle and ventral surface of lower jaw	1.57	1.49	1.34	1.02	1.36	1.3
Distance between jaw angle and tip of lower jaw	3.58	3.15	3.79	3.19	4.91	4.35
Distance between nostrils	1.77	1.49	1.86	1.61	1.77	1.9
Distance between nostril and snout tip	0.98	0.83	0.94	1	1.02	1.04
Distance between tentacles	2.54	2.62	2.95	2.46	3.41	2.9
Distance between tentacle and snout tip	1.94	2.24	2.55	2.13	2.51	2.2
Distance between tentacle and jaw angle	2.55	2.51	2.86	2.28	3.11	3.45
Distance between tentacle and nostril	1.26	1.43	1.42	1.08	1.69	1.56
Distance between tentacle and margin of upper lip	0.88	0.67	0.85	0.67	0.72	0.68
Distance between tentacle and top of head	0.83	0.65	0.8	1	1.55	1.3
Width at 1st nuchal groove	3.76	3.85	4.03	3.09	4.29	3.91
Width at 2nd nuchal groove	3.8	4.04	4.33	2.92	4.12	3.62
Length of 1st collar (laterally)	2	1.54	1.83	1.9	1.46	1.84
Length of 2nd collar (laterally)	1.84	1.92	2.37	2	2.76	2.7
Dist. between snout tip and 1st nuchal groove	5.71	5.25	6.16	4.98	6.86	6.29
Distance between snout tip and 2nd nuchal groove	6.91	6.29	6.96	6.43	8.2	7.59
Distance between snout tip and 3rd nuchal groove	8.48	7.98	9.6	7.79	10.57	9.82
Total number of primary annuli	121	118	121	121	122	125
Total number of primary annuli with secondary grooves	46	32	28	24	30	27
Anterior most primary annulus with secondary groove	76	87	94	98	93	98
No. of complete secondary annuli in front of vent	7	7	8	8	8	7
Width of disc surrounding vent	1.44	1.47	2.4	1.27	2.39	2.19
Length of disc surrounding vent	0.6	0.85	0.8	0.82	1.11	0.86
Width of vent	1.41	1.08	1.63	1.13	2	1.84
Number of denticles surrounding the vent	6	7	6	7	7	6

* G. goaensis; ^{^} G. mhadeiensis

Figure 1. Distribution of species of Gegeneophis in Western Ghats

gsh - Gegeneophis seshachari; gda - Gegeneophis danieli;

ggo - Gegeneophis goaensis; gmh - Gegeneophis mhadeiensis;

gna - Gegeneophis nadakarnii; gma - Gegeneophis madhavai;

gca - Gegeneophis carnosus; gkr - Gegeneophis krishni;

gra - Gegeneophis ramaswamii