Caecilians: Order Gymnophiona

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona

The order Gymnophiona, the caecilians, is also sometimes refered to as the order Apoda (meaning "without legs").  Caecilians are worm-like animals that live a majority of their life underground.  Most of the approximately 160 caecilians live in the tropics or subtropics. 

Cite this Page: Nelson, R. 2009. "Caecilians" (OnLine) UntamedScience. Accessed May 23, 2013 at http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/animals/chordates/amphibians/caecilians
Nelson, R.
Rob Nelson (author)
University of Hawaii
Created on: Apr 26th, 2009
Last updated: Apr 9th, 2011

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