Chikilidae
Chikilidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Gymnophiona |
Clade: | Apoda |
Family: | Chikilidae Kamei et al. (2012) |
Genera | |
Chikilidae is a family of Indian caecilians, the 10th and most recent (2012) family of
Chikilids grow to about 4 in (10 cm) in length.[5] They have very limited eyesight and skulls adapted for burrowing.[2] Their eggs hatch into adult caecilians, with no larval stage in between. The mothers stay wrapped around their developing eggs for two to three months, apparently not eating at all during this period.
Until this discovery, only nine families of caecilians were known from across the wet tropical regions of Southeast Asia, India, Sri Lanka, parts of East and West Africa, the Seychelles, Central America and northern and eastern parts of South America.[6] From morphological and DNA analyses, the researchers concluded the new family had evolved independently of other caecilians since the time of the dinosaurs.[1]
References
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- ^ PMID 22357266.
- ^ a b "New amphibian family find for India". BBC News. February 22, 2012.
- ^ Prothom-Alo (2012-10-02). "১৪ কোটি বছর আগের ইতিহাস জানান দেওয়া উভচর". Prothom-Alo. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ^ The Associated Press (2011-05-15). "New family of legless amphibians called chikilidae found in India". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "New family of legless amphibians found in India". Boston Globe. February 21, 2012.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. 2011. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 5.5 (31 January 2011)url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&id=32465