Caecilian facts: they're amphibians! | Animal Fact Files

Caecilians look like worms or maybe even snakes, but they're neither! Caecilians are legless amphibians not closely related to any other living amphibian species. These awesome animals have greatly reduced eyes due to their underground lifestyle. They are found in tropical areas throughout most of the world, and some even live in water! Caecilians are the only amphibians with tentacles and they use these to sense their surroundings. Plus, they feed their babies with their own bodies!!

Scientific Name: Order - Gymnophiona
Range: Central and South America, Asia, Africa
Size: 4 to 60 inches (10-150cm)
Diet: earthworms, termites, caterpillars, snakes, fish, eels, and even each other
Lifespan: unknown (10+ years in captivity)

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[asandax]

Snake: What are you?
Worm: Yeah What are you?
Caecilian: I am both of You But ...
Snake and Worm: But better?
Caeciliam: No But Amphibian.

[ToLWaM]

petition to change the name of a group of caecilians to a mafia

[justinlachoppa]

Very interesting thank you for sharing this with us 👍😊

[simonpitt]

I love how these guys look like a snakes pushovers, but are actually a snakes nightmare

[Col]

Ya gotta love weird, unique, elusive, secret-agent animals!
Thanks for the video.

[ShelbyOnSafari]

Cannot believe they can get up to 5 feet in length! That must be a sight to see, if they come up above ground. That's so cool they have tentacles too 😀 Thanks for another great video guys! 💚

[cjewell]

I believe I may have encountered one of these in Tennessee. I heard screaming from children in the road in front of my house. I went out to see what was going on. They were going on about what appeared to me, to be a large worm in the road. Thinking I would show them the worm was harmless, I picked it up and thing became super aggressive, like a snake. I have never seen a worn react that way in my life. It startled me and I threw it down. And it probably traumatized those poor boys against worms for life. 😂

[karlgw]

and in a wonderful piece of convergent evolution, as well as some unknown group of amphibians evolving into this form, an unrelated group of lizards did something very similar to become the legless amphisbaenia (apart from the genus Bipes, which retains tiny mole-like front legs)

[Rick__C-]

super interesting! Thank you for uploading this 😊

[jewbertsheckelstine]

Never mess with Caecilian when death is on the line!!!!

[jadenl]

Awesome video!🤩 Never heard of these guys before!😃

[gibusspy]

"Do you want to be a worm or a snake?"

"Yes."

[Allthingsmarinelife]

I love your channel, it’s very informative and inspiring to me! Mine is about marine life and I hope one day I can have as many subscribers as you:)

[hilda-marieroberts]

Very helpful and informative! Thank you!

[cooldrop]

I never knew about these folks and thank you for teaching me! It's amazing I took college level zoology and these animals were never mentioned.

[alfmtz]

Liked and subscribed just for that naked snake reference!

[sebastianlindon]

Crazy they named Sicilians after this animal

[jonaslariosa]

Snake: what are u?
Caecilian: I'm u but naked

[eunaekim]

Here we have an animal that can't see, can't tolerate the cold, can barely come up to the surface, and can't fit into any of the major categories of its own class!

[GlorySnowstar]

It’s a sock puppet but as a serpentine amphibian. I love them.