Caecilian

Apoda redirects here. For the moth genus, see Apoda (moth).

For the bishop of Carthage, see Caecilianus.

Caecilians
Fossil range: Jurassic - Recent

"Caecilian"

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona Müller, 1832

Families

Rhinatrematidae
Ichthyophiidae
Uraeotyphlidae
Scolecomorphidae
Typhlonectidae
Caeciliidae

The Caecilians are an order (Gymnophiona or Apoda) of amphibians that superficially resemble earthworms or snakes. They mostly live hidden in the ground, which makes them the least explored order of amphibians, and widely unknown.

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Rare caecilian found in India
As posted on Newscientist.com: Some caecilian species shed a special nutrient-rich skin shortly after giving birth to feed their young. This may be the closest any amphibian comes to producing “milk” for its young. ...

Rare caecilian amphibian found in Kurseong Tea Estate
KURSEONG, July 28: A rare animal ‘caecilians' has been discovered in Makaibari Tea Estate near Kurseong. The animal belongs to the amphibian family. It is being claimed that the animal was sighted after a gap of over 100 years. ...

Aquatic Caecilian
knittingskwerlgurl posted a video:. Aquatic Caecilian. Dallas Zoo, Reptile House.

what does caecilian mean?
CAECILIAN as NOUN Meaning any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona inhabit moist soil in tropical regions Synonym(s) blindworm (what does blindworm mean?) Hypernyms(s) caecilian is a kind ...

Caecilian
It is called a Caecilian. They are native to the tropics and live underground. An interesting fact: the young eat the skin of the mother! References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian and ...

Caecilian
Vintage Japanese Two-Way Pictures. pink tentacle has a neat fill someone in on about joge-e, or "two way pictures," produced as a replacement for mass consumption in 19th century japan: this print by kuniyoshi (c. ...

The skin off my back
The South American caecilian Siphonops annulatus takes dedication to an unusual extreme by allowing her offspring to eat her skin. Alexander Kupfer of the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and his colleagues report that S. ...

Caecilian
The caecilian (pronounced seh-sill'-yen) lives in a network of underground tunnels. Its eyes are tiny, but since it lives in a world of darkness, it doesn't depend on its eyesight to find food anyway. Instead, the caecilian relies on ...

Donatism and the SBC
Two men claimed to be the rightful bishop of Carthage (North Africa): Caecilian and Donatus. The bishops of Rome and of several other important cities declared that Caecilian was the true bishop of Carthage, and that position was ...

Caecilian Worm
Caecilian Worm baby caecilians feeding On the Track (of Unknown Animals) Episode 6 (March 2008) Eels Rubber eels eating 8" Oscar Blind rubber eel fumbles for bloodworms. Related pictures: Caecilian A Caecilian caecilian eating caecilian ...

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