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| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{Cite journal | author = Gopalakrishna Bhatta | author2 = David Gower | author3 = Mark Wilkinson | title = ''Gegeneophis goaensis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2008 | page = e.T135790A4201809 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2008 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/135790/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135790A4201809.en | access-date = 12 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref><br />
| genus = Gegeneophis<br />
| species = goaensis<br />
| authority = Bhatta et al., 2007<br />
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'''''Gegeneophis goaensis''''', also known as the '''Goa caecilian''', is a species of [[caecilian]] known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] in Keri Village, [[Sattari Taluk]], in the [[North Goa]] district of [[Goa]], [[India]].<ref name="IUCN" /><br />
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==Ecology and biology==<br />
''Gegeneophis goaensis'' lives at 32–42 meters above sea level. The first three known specimens were collected from vegetation rotting in small streams. The species is said to be clearly able to "adapt to certain anthropogenic habitats;" its original natural habitat remains unknown. The reproductive cycle of the Goa caecilian is assumed to be no different than the one of other members of its genus.<ref name="IUCN" /><br />
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