𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫

If you know anything new about #caecilians you can tell me...

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

caecilians are less common and very often misidentified amphibians.#caecilians #amphibians #herpetology #Viral #IllustrationArtist #illustration #batrachology #zoology #Biology

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

Uraeotyphlus spp baby hatching from its egg. (Video is taken by a friend)
#Caecilian #Uraeotyphlus #amphibian #herpetology #india @CaecilianBiol #animallovers #cute #viral #TrendingTweet

[caecilianbiol.bsky.social @CaecilianBiol]

NEW PAPER! Failed predation attempt on Seshachari’s #caecilian, Gegeneophis seshachari (Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) by a White-throated Kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis by Siddhesh Bhave and colleagues @HerpNotes https://t.co/sbC3JaQoNB

[caecilianbiol.bsky.social @CaecilianBiol]

NEW PAPER! Use of #microCT to characterise “Osteology of the #caecilian Gegeneophis carnosus (Beddome, 1870) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India” https://t.co/dczf5m3YG4

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

Illustration of one of my fav amphibian Species. Yep. This fascinating lungless amphibian is my fav amphibian. And this huge snake-like amphibian is the largest lungless amphibian!!

#caecilian #amphibain #gymnophiona #apoda #caecilians #herpetology
@amphibiaweb

[AmphibiaWeb- we're on @amphibiaweb.bsky.social @AmphibiaWeb]

Did you know that there are currently 7455 species of frogs, 767 species of salamanders, and 215 species of caecilians? AmphibiaWeb keeps track of new amphibian species and their biology. Support us today! #CalBigGive https://t.co/bNMAsKG6rM

[miZO zEITGEIST @mizozeitgeist]

A new #Caecilian species- Icthyophis benjii found from #Mizoram by researchers from @mizoramuni is named after Benjamin Lalremsanga(1988-2020)

Caecilians are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They are often confused with snakes.

https://t.co/oRAwWoYncv

[caecilianbiol.bsky.social @CaecilianBiol]

NEW PAPER! First record of Peter ́s #caecilian Epicrionops petersi from Colombia @BritishHerpSoc https://t.co/XYyy8YfGVS

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

Let's see who guesses it right. One of these animals is a caecilian. Which one is that? #caecilian #amphibians #westernghats #monsoon #wildlife #nature #herpetology #india #Kerala #ഉഭയജീവി #naturelover #animals #caecilia #gymnophiona

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

https://t.co/AQ4GVowa7y yellow striped caecilians of the Western Ghats.. #caecilian #amphibian #herping #Caecilians #herpetology #westernghats #kerala #india

[Madhava Meegaskumbura @meegaskumbura]

Dr. Amrapali Rajput (Postdoc from India) and Mr. Shipeng Zhou (grad student) from our lab describing a larval caecilian microbiome. As far as I know, this is the first information on microbiomes for this amphibian order. A preprint.
https://t.co/zFaCVkjzxo

[John Measey @AfriHerp]

Great new paper on caecilian burrowing by Aurélien Lowie

Under pressure: the relationship between cranial shape and burrowing force in caecilians (Gymnophiona)

https://t.co/RokvgLQvPp

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Morphology and histology of the male reproductive tract of Caecilia thompsoni (amphibia: Gymnophiona) by Carlos A. Serrano‐Perez and Martha Patricia Ramírez‐Pinilla is out now:
https://t.co/JI3qOtvmaD
#anatomy #histology #Caecilidae #Amphibia

[caecilianbiol.bsky.social @CaecilianBiol]

New paper! First record of a #caecilian (order Gymnophiona, Typhlonectes natans) in Florida and in the United States https://t.co/ytPF1x9jOE #invasivespecies #introducedspecies @davidcblackburn @Marc_Kouete Photo by @Entropologist

[Herps & Friends @ NWU @NWU_AACRG]

#SuckerSaturday
Nanopolystoma lynchi (Monogenea: Polystomatidae): Was the first record of a polystome from a caecilian host. The type specimens were recovered from South American caecilians archived in formalin in the herpetological collection of the National Museum of Scotland.

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

@LiaFranciotti @afrittspenniman Caecilians are not reptiles. They are amphibians. They can breathe through their skin and they also go through a biphasic life cycle much like other amphibians(Some of them). They are more genetically related to frogs and salamanders than reptiles.

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

#caecilian #amphibians #herpetology @amphibiansorg @CaecilianBiol

[Megataxa @megataxa]

New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent #amphibians (#Lissamphibia): corrigenda and addenda
https://t.co/Xst5Ja52jt

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

https://t.co/YLg543OeH0

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

@amphibiansorg That's a misconception. Most of them are oviparous.

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

Look at the eyes of that caecilian, it's beneath the skin!! It's one of the things that fascinated me towards caecilians. #caecilian #gymnophiona #amphibian #herpetology #westernghats #kerala #india #wildlife #nature @AmphibiaWeb @amphibiansorg @CaecilianBiol

[𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 @UdithrajCR]

These two creatures are the most misidentified animals of the animal kingdom. #amphibians #caecilians #gymnophiona #herpetology #wildlife @AmphibiaWeb