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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 ...
Boulengerula niedeni, the Sagalla caecilian, is a worm-like amphibian first described in 2005. The species was described from a specimen discovered on Sagala Hill , an isolated mountain block of the Taita Hills in Kenya , and is not known from other areas.
Boulengerula taitana (common names: Taita African caecilian, Taita Hills caecilian, Taita Mountains caecilian) is a species of caecilian. It is endemic to the Taita Hills region of southeast Kenya. [3] Boulengerula taitana are unique caecilians in appearance, fertilization type, and parental care. From their similar shape and presentation to ...
Boulenger's caecilian, Usambara bluish-gray caecilian Boulengerula changamwensis Loveridge, 1932: Changamwensis African caecilian, Changamwe lowland caecilian, Changamwe caecilian Boulengerula denhardti Nieden, 1912: Boulengerula fischeri Nussbaum & Hinkel, 1994: Boulengerula niedeni Müller, Measey, Loader, & Malonza, 2005
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.
Ichthyophis beddomei is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. This species is distributed widely in the Western Ghats in southern India. [1] [2] The nominal species might be a composite of several cryptic species. [2] It is also known as the yellow-striped caecilian, Beddome's caecilian, or Nilgherries caecilian. [1] [2]
Rhinatrema nigrum, the black caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Rhinatrematidae found in Guyana, [3] Venezuela, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests , subtropical or tropical moist montane forests , rivers , and intermittent rivers.
Typhlonectidae, also known as aquatic caecilians or rubber eels, are a family of caecilians found east of the Andes in South America. [ 1 ] They are viviparous animals, giving birth to young that possess external gills.