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Caecilians feed on small subterranean creatures such as earthworms. The body is cylindrical and often darkly coloured, and the skull is bullet-shaped and strongly built. Caecilian heads have several unique adaptations, including fused cranial and jaw bones, a two-part system of jaw muscles, and a chemosensory tentacle in front of the eye. The ...
Typhlonectes natans, also incorrectly called the rubber eel, is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae found in Colombia, Venezuela, and possibly Trinidad and Tobago. Its natural habitats are dry savanna , subtropical or tropical dry shrubland , subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or ...
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 ]
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Oscaecilia is a genus of caecilians in the family Caeciliidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The genus is distributed in southeastern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America , possibly extending into southern Brazil.
Uraeotyphlus are relatively small sized caecilians ranging from 23 centimetres (9.1 in) to 35 centimetres (14 in) in length. Unlike the more 'advanced' caecilians, members of this genus have a true tail with vertebrae, and their skull has a relatively complex structure. However, unlike the more 'primitive' caecilians, the mouth is recessed ...
Rhinatrematidae is a family of caecilians, also known as the Neotropical tailed caecilians, American tailed caecilians. or beaked caecilians. They are found in the equatorial countries of South America. [1] [2] They are usually regarded as the most basal of the caecilian families, with numerous characteristics lacking in the other groups.
The Siphonopidae are the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. They are the sister group to Dermophiidae, also of South America. Siphonopids are oviparous caecilians, meaning they lay eggs. They have imperforated stapes and no inner ...