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Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name

Bhatta and Srinivasa (2004) described a new species of caecilian, which they named Gegeneophis madhavai, from “Doddinaguli locality (Mudur Village, Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka State”…. “situated adjacent to the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats” (in southwestern India...

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Main Author: Das, Indraneil
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Published: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 2006
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spelling my.unimas.ir.269972019-09-19T01:20:02Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/26997/ Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name Das, Indraneil Q Science (General) QL Zoology Bhatta and Srinivasa (2004) described a new species of caecilian, which they named Gegeneophis madhavai, from “Doddinaguli locality (Mudur Village, Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka State”…. “situated adjacent to the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats” (in southwestern India). The new species was named for four individuals who share a first name, namely, Madhava Bhat, Madhavarao Bhide, Madhava Anantha and Madhava Gadgil. The spelling of the first (= given) name of the last individual is, in fact, Madhav, a contemporary north Indian version of the spelling. The name is derived from the Sanskrit, meaning vernal, originating from the name Madhu, a legendary king, whose most famous descendant is Krishna, a Hindu god (see Hanks and Hodges 1990). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 2006 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/26997/1/289-%20Das%20%28Caecilian%20name%29.pdf Das, Indraneil (2006) Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name. Herpetological Review, 37. p. 154. ISSN ‎0018-084X https://ssarherps.org/about-ssar/
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Das, Indraneil
Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name
description Bhatta and Srinivasa (2004) described a new species of caecilian, which they named Gegeneophis madhavai, from “Doddinaguli locality (Mudur Village, Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka State”…. “situated adjacent to the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats” (in southwestern India). The new species was named for four individuals who share a first name, namely, Madhava Bhat, Madhavarao Bhide, Madhava Anantha and Madhava Gadgil. The spelling of the first (= given) name of the last individual is, in fact, Madhav, a contemporary north Indian version of the spelling. The name is derived from the Sanskrit, meaning vernal, originating from the name Madhu, a legendary king, whose most famous descendant is Krishna, a Hindu god (see Hanks and Hodges 1990).
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title_short Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name
title_full Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name
title_fullStr Nomenclatural Notes on a Caecilian (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) Name
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