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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 ...
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.
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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.
The Scolecomorphidae (from Greek: σκώλεκώς skólekós, 'wormlike' and Greek: μορφή morphḗ, 'form') are a family of caecilians [1] also known as tropical caecilians, buried-eyed caecilians, [1] [2] or African caecilians. [3] They are found in Cameroon in West Africa, and Malawi and Tanzania in East Africa. [1]
The Ichthyophiidae are the family of Asiatic tailed caecilians or fish caecilians found in South and Southeast Asia as well as southernmost China. [1] They are primitive caecilians, lacking many of the derived characters found in the other families. For example, their mouths are not recessed underneath their heads, they possess tails, and they ...
Caecilia thompsoni, commonly called Thompson's caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. It is endemic to Colombia . It is the largest of the worm-like caecilians and reaches a length of 1.5 m (5 ft) and can weigh up to about 1 kg (2.2 lb).
Yellow-spotted caecilian Caecilia goweri Fernández-Roldán and Lynch, 2021: Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802: Wormlike caecilia, slender caecilian, Surinam caecilian Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942: Gunther's caecilian Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973: Fundo Sinchona caecilian Caecilia isthmica Cope, 1877: Caecilia leucocephala Taylor, 1968: White-headed ...