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Caecilians are some of the least studied amphibians. Not much is known about their behavior and life history. Siphonops annulatus is highly fossorial, spending most of its life burrowed underground. A study found tunnels made by this species to go no deeper than 20 cm. This species uses a highly ossified skull to help burrow into the ground. [5]
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 ...
The Vienna specimen of Atretochoana is a large caecilian at a length of 72.5 cm (28.5 in), [7] while the Brasília specimen is larger still at 80.5 cm (31.7 in). [8] By comparison, caecilians in general range in length from 11 to 160 cm (4.3 to 63.0 in). [7]
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 ...
Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican burrowing caecilian or the Mexican caecilian, and locally as the tapalcua or tepelcua, is a species of limbless amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. The species is native to Mexico and Central America, where it burrows under leaf litter and plant debris.
The maxillary teeth can extend to or past the choanae, but do not always. [3] It has a large diastema, or gap, between its vomerine and palatine teeth. [7] It contains premaxillary, maxillary, prevomerine, and palatine teeth. [8] Most teeth monocuspid. The prevomerine and palatine teeth are the only exceptions and they are bicuspid.
Ichthyophis moustakius, the Manipur moustached caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to Northeast India. This species exhibits broad lateral yellow stripes from the anterior part of its tail, along its mandibles, between its nares, as well as elsewhere. The animal can reach a length of 300 millimetres ...
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 ...