Anatomy of Caecilians

Lack limbs, locomotion is concertina with body arching up and down; Annuli allow the sheath to stretch with moving backbone

Sensory of Caecilians

Mostly smell and taste and not vision

Environment of Caecilians

Fossorial in soil and leaf litter; moist, tropical environment

Reproduction of Caecilians

Internal fertilization; High maternal care in egg/young guarding; Uterian milk in some species and eating dead skin in some species; Larvae have gills; Ovipary or vivipary

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Vertebrate Zoology

Gymnophiona (Caecilians)

Question	Answer
Anatomy of Caecilians	Lack limbs, locomotion is concertina with body arching up and down; Annuli allow the sheath to stretch with moving backbone
Sensory of Caecilians	Mostly smell and taste and not vision
Environment of Caecilians	Fossorial in soil and leaf litter; moist, tropical environment
Reproduction of Caecilians	Internal fertilization; High maternal care in egg/young guarding; Uterian milk in some species and eating dead skin in some species; Larvae have gills; Ovipary or vivipary