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They are snake-shaped amphibians, far closer to frogs than foxes. These ringed caecilian moms feed their hatchlings a kind of “milk” brewed in the reproductive tract, researchers report in the ...

Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S ...

Found in tropical parts of Africa, Asia and the Americas, caecilians are rather unusual animals – although they are amphibians, they look more like snakes or big earthworms. One specific type ...

Caecilians are amphibians like salamanders and frogs, but they’re often mistaken for snakes because of their long, legless bodies. Now, scientists think that the similarities between the two are ...

Caecilians are amphibians—like frogs, toads, salamanders and newts—but they look more like worms. They have no limbs and possess very rudimentary eyes, and many spend their entire life ...

While its Latin name refers to it as a ‘funky worm’, it actually belongs to a group called caecilians, which also include frogs and salamanders. Recommended King Charles ‘tells Prince Andrew ...

Caecilian mothers grow a fatty layer of skin that their babies tear off with specialized teeth and eat. Carlos Jared via the Florida Museum Soon after being born, elusive, worm-like amphibians ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, a new species of striped caecilian has been found in Kaziranga National Park. This discovery was made during a departmental survey of amphibians and reptiles ...

Fisher's caecilian, a worm-like amphibian that is only found in Cyamudongo in Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda, and a species that could possibly go extinct in the next century due to climate change.