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Tailless Caecilians: Caeciliidae - Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Mexican Caecilian (dermophis Mexicanus): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, TAILLESS CAECILIANS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS

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MEXICAN CAECILIAN (Dermophis mexicanus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
CAYENNE CAECILIAN (Typhlonectes compressicauda): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Tailless caecilians live in Central and South America; the eastern and western parts of Africa, but not the Sahara; the Seychelles; India; Sri Lanka; the Philippines; and the region that extends from southern China through the Malay Peninsula.


Tailless caecilians help to control damaging insects, such as termites. Because they actively burrow, rather than following root channels or other ready-made holes in the ground, tailless caecilians aid in turning the soil and maintaining good soil condition. In some parts of the world, people think caecilians are nasty, dangerous animals. In other places, however, people eat them. Some people keep tailless caecilians as pets in aquariums.


The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists one species of tailless caecilians as Endangered and one species as Vulnerable. Endangered means facing very high risk of extinction in the wild. Vulnerable means facing high risk of extinction in the wild. Changes in land use are restricting the geographic ranges of tailless caecilians, and some populations get a fungus disease.

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Tailless Caecilians: Caeciliidae - Physical Characteristics

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Tailless Caecilians: Caeciliidae - Behavior And Reproduction

Little is known about the behavior of land-dwelling tailless caecilians because of their secretive, soil-dwelling nature. Some of these animals emerge from deep in the soil or leaf litter to look for food at dusk or dawn, often during light rain. Tailless caecilians are expert burrowers, digging head-first through moist soil that is rich in decayed plant matter. Species may differ in their ability…

Tailless Caecilians: Caeciliidae - Mexican Caecilian (dermophis Mexicanus): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: Mexican caecilians are 12 to 20 inches (30 to 50 centimeters) long and have a thick body. They are dark gray with paler markings on the belly, jaw, and tentacles. The grooves between the rings are darker than the main body color. Geographic range: Mexican caecilians live in an area that extends from the lowlands and mountains of central Mexico south to northern Panama. Ha…

Tailless Caecilians: Caeciliidae - Cayenne Caecilian (typhlonectes Compressicauda): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: Cayenne (kye-EHN) caecilians are water dwellers. They have a fin on the back that runs the length of the body. The body is flat from side to side, making the caecilians look more like eels than earthworms. These caecilians have large passages inside the head between the nose and the roof of the mouth, and they have well-developed lungs. Cayenne caecilians have one ring pe…

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