A worm-like creature secretes a nutritious milk from its rear end to feed its hatchlings, in the first known example of an amphibian feeding its young in this way. The ringed caecilian (Siphonops ...

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 ...

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Caecilians are poorly understood creatures, being limbless amphibians that lead highly secretive lives within soil or water. The Sagalla caecilian has previously been mistaken for a worm by local ...

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From the Amazonian rainforest to your local park, you’ll find frogs and other amphibians everywhere. Across the world, there are 7,000 species of frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians.