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Modern caecilians are a clade, the order Gymnophiona / ˌ dʒ ɪ m n ə ˈ f aɪ ə n ə / (or Apoda / ˈ æ p ə d ə /), one of the three living amphibian groups alongside Anura and Urodela (salamanders). Meer weergeven
Caecilians are a group of limbless, vermiform (worm-shaped) or serpentine (snake-shaped) amphibians with small or sometimes nonexistent eyes. They mostly live hidden in soil or in streambeds, and this cryptic … Meer weergeven
Caecilians are native to wet, tropical regions of Southeast Asia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, parts of East and West Africa, the Seychelles Islands in the Meer weergeven
Little is known of the evolutionary history of the caecilians, which have left a very sparse fossil record. The first fossil, a vertebra … Meer weergeven
As caecilians are a reclusive group, they are only featured in a few human myths, and are generally considered repulsive in traditional customs.
In the Meer weergevenCaecilians' anatomy is highly adapted for a burrowing lifestyle. In a couple of species belonging to the primitive genus Ichthyophis … Meer weergeven
The name caecilian derives from the Latin word caecus, meaning "blind", referring to the small or sometimes nonexistent eyes. The name … Meer weergeven
Reproduction
Caecilians are the only order of amphibians to use internal insemination exclusively (although most salamanders have internal fertilization and the tailed frog in the US uses a tail-like appendage for internal … Meer weergevenWikipedia-tekst onder CC-BY-SA-licensie Australian Podiatry Association - Find a podiatrist near me
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Gymnophiona | Caecilian Order of Amphibians, Form
WEBGymnophiona, one of the three major extant orders of the class Amphibia. Its members are known as caecilians, a name derived from the Latin word caecus, meaning “sightless” or “blind.”. The majority of this group of …
Caecilian - New World Encyclopedia
WEBThey are classified in the order Gymnophiona or Apoda ("without legs"). Lacking limbs, caecilians resemble earthworms or snakes in appearance. Amphibians include all the tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) that do …
Apoda - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBCaecilians (Gymnophiona; Apoda, stem-based name) are amphibians that look like earthworms. They have blunt, bullet-shaped heads, cylindrical, limbless bodies, and short tails.
Caecilian - A-Z Animals
WEB27 mei 2024 · 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 …
Apoda - Wikipedia
WEBApoda kan verwijzen naar: Een verouderde wetenschappelijke naam voor wormsalamanders (Gymnophiona) Apoda (geslacht), een geslacht van vlinders
Apoda - Oxford Reference
WEB"Apoda" published on by null. ; class Amphibia)An extant order of amphibians, now confined to the tropics and subtropics, that have become adapted to a burrowing life and look like large earthworms. They are the only living amphibians some species of which have retained scales, although the scales are vestigial and hidden in folds of the skin.
Caecilian | Encyclopedia.com
WEB23 mei 2018 · Caecilians are long, worm-like legless amphibians in the order Gymnophiona (sometimes known as Apoda, meaning without legs). There are 165 species of caecilians, in 33 genera. Little is known about these animals, and few species have common names.
Gymnophiona - Caecilian, Amphibian, Classification
WEBGymnophiona - Caecilian, Amphibian, Classification: Living caecilian families are distinguished from one another by the presence or absence of a tail, amount of fusion of cranial bones, degree of kineticism of the …
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