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Vertebrate Zoology
Gymnophiona (Caecilians)
Question | Answer |
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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 |