- Scientists discovered a new subterranean, legless amphibian species, Gegeneophis chandgadi, in Chandgad, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
- It is a caecilian, a group of worm-like amphibians adapted mainly to underground life.
- The species was found in residential and agricultural landscapes near human habitation.
- The discovery takes the number of Gegeneophis species recorded in India to 12, with 11 endemic to the Western Ghats.