Caecilian - Wikipedia Modern caecilians live in the tropics of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia 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
10 Slithering Caecilian Facts - Fact Animal Caecilians are highly specialised, legless, long-bodied vertebrates with a variety of species found in humid, tropical regions of Central and South America, equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia
Gymnophiona | Caecilian Order of Amphibians, Form Classification . . . Its members are known as caecilians, a name derived from the Latin word caecus, meaning “sightless” or “blind ” The majority of this group of limbless, wormlike amphibians live underground in humid tropical regions throughout the world
Caecilian - San Diego Zoo Animals Plants Caecilians (pronounced seh-SILL-yens) are tropical amphibians that look like large worms or slick snakes They have no arms or legs, and sometimes it’s hard to tell which end is the head and which is the tail!
Caecilian - Types, Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Examples, Picture Caecilians are limbless, worm-like (vermiform) amphibians native to the tropical regions of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia Their name stems from the Latin word caecus, meaning ‘blind,’ referring to the extremely small, almost vestigial, and non-existent eyes
Caecilian Facts For Kids Adults, With Pictures, Information Video Most caecilians are highly adapted to burrowing; their bodies are long and streamlined, and their pointed snouts and strong skulls help them to force their way into the ground Their eyes are small and protected by a layer of skin Their mouths are usually positioned under the head
Caecilians: The other amphibian - Science News Explores Caecilians have ring-shaped folds of skin called annuli, small eyes covered by skin and sometimes bone, and a pair of tentacles Most of them live underground in the soil, but some spend their entire lives in water
Caecilian Animal Facts - Apoda - A-Z Animals Caecilians are smooth-skinned, limbless amphibians that range in size from three inches to five feet long Some of the 192 species native to wet and tropical regions look like earthworms and other larger species look like snakes Some have short tails while others have none at all
Caecilian – Classification, Behaviour, Diet and More - Animal Planetory Caecilians belong to the order Gymnophiona, characterized by their limbless bodies and snake-like appearance Caecilians are often mistaken for snakes but are more closely related to amphibians They are typically found in tropical regions, hiding beneath leaf litter and soil