Caecilian
| Caecilians | |
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| Dermophis mexicanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Amphibia |
| Subcless: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Gymnophiona J.P. Müller, 1832 |
| Faimilies | |
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Caeciliidae | |
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| Distribution o caecilians (in green) | |
The caecilians are an order (Gymnophiona) o amphibians that superficially resemble yirdworms or snakes. Thay maistly live hidden in the grund, makin them the least familiar order o amphibians. Aw extant caecilians an thair closest fossil relatives are grooped as the clade Apoda. Thay are maistly distributit in the tropics o Sooth an Central Americae, Africae, an Sooth Asie. The diets o caecilians are nae weel kent.