Caecilian amphibians feed their young by producing a special skin layer, transferring microbes to promote a healthy microbiome. The study highlights this unique parenting behavior and its contribution ...

As amphibians go, caecilians are eccentric: They have no legs, their eyes are minuscule and sometimes covered in skin, and they sense their surroundings with two small tentacles on their faces.

Caecilians are limbless amphibians that can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians are only distantly related to their reptilian cousins, researchers describe specialized glands found ...

Several recent amphibian die-offs in the Seychelles make the status of the Petite Praslin caecilian, as well that of other native amphibians, doubly concerning to scientists like Maddock.

The mouth of a ringed caecilian, Siphonops annulatus, revealing its snake-like dental glands. Image: Butantan Institute, Brazil. Serpent-like caecilians are related to salamanders, but they’re ...

Caecilians are an illusive type of snakelike amphibian that live in aquatic and subterranean environments. In some species, mothers produce a special type of nutrient-rich skin that juveniles ...

Weird-looking caecilian may be first amphibian known to have a venomous bite. The ringed caecilian, Siphonops annulatus. Carlos Jared, Butantan Institute. View 4 Images 1 / 4.

Open wide. This ringed caecilian, Siphonops annulatus, has snake-like dental glands. Butantan Institute, Brazil. The researchers published their findings in the journal iScience on Friday.. Some ...

From poison frogs to worm-like caecilians, some amphibians are hardworking and surprisingly creative caregivers. By Tim Vernimmen / Knowable Magazine. Published May 11, 2024 12:00 PM EDT.

Caecilian amphibians are one of the least known vertebrate groups. The researchers were able to observe that the females of egg-laying amphibians, such as the species Siphonops annulatus, provide ...

A new species of fossilized caecilian, a worm-like amphibian, has been found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. The species was named Funcusvermis gilmorei, after the Ohio Players ...