Caeciliidae

Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, equatorial Africa and India. Like other caecilians, they look like worms or snakes.

Caeciliidae
Siphonops annulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Family:	Caeciliidae Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814
Genera
Boulengerula Brasilotyphlus Caecilia Dermophis Gegeneophis Geotrypetes Grandisonia Gymnopis Herpele Hypogeophis Idiocranium Indotyphlus Luetkenotyphlus Microcaecilia Mimosiphonops Oscaecilia Parvicaecilia Praslinia Schistometopum Siphonops

Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do have a number of features in common that make them different from other caecilians. In particular, their skulls have few bones. The ones tey have are fused to form a solid ram. This helps in digging through the soil. The mouth is beneath the nose area. There is no tail.[1]

Many caeciliids lay their eggs in moist soil. The eggs then hatch into aquatic larvae. However, some species do not have a larval stage. The eggs hatch into juveniles with the same form as the adults. In some they lack eggs and give birth to live young.[1]