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Caecilians (/ s ɪ ˈ s ɪ l i ə n /; New Latin for 'blind ones') are a group of limbless, vermiform (worm-shaped) or serpentine (snake-shaped) amphibians with small or sometimes nonexistent eyes. They mostly live hidden in soil or in streambeds, and this cryptic lifestyle renders caecilians among the least familiar amphibians.
Caecilians such as Atretochoana are limbless amphibians with snake-like bodies, marked with rings like those of earthworms. [5] It has significant morphological differences from other caecilians, even the genera most closely related to it, even though those genera are aquatic. [ 3 ]
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians.They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.. Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do have a number of features in common that distinguish them from other caecilians.
Karapuzha dam, Wayanad The Western Ghat hills at Matheran in Maharashtra, India Caecilian from Wayanad district. The Western Ghats in India are home to several species of caecilians (Gymnophiona). Caecilians are legless, burrowing amphibians which mostly live in leaf litter, loose soil, under rocks and decaying logs. They are also found in ...
Ichthyophis is a genus of caecilians (limbless amphibians, sometimes called the Asian caecilians) found in Southeast Asia, the southern Philippines, and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago. In Sri Lanka, three species occur.
One of nearly 200 caecilian species, Kaup’s aquatic caecilian is a legless amphibian. As Baker said, “It’s very odd because most people are unfamiliar with a legless amphibian.”
The Dermophiidae are a family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, and Africa. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. They are the only viviparous caecilians (species that give birth to live young) with secondary annuli (rings around the body).
Typhlonectes compressicauda, the Cayenne caecilian, is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae that lives in water. It is found in Amazonian Brazil , Peru , and Colombia as well as in Guyana and French Guiana , and likely Suriname , [ 2 ] and according to some sources, Venezuela . [ 1 ]