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.

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.

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.

## Species

- Genus _Boulengerula_ – Boulenger's Caecilians
    - _Boulengerula boulengeri_
    - _Boulengerula changamwensis_
    - _Boulengerula denhardti_
    - _Boulengerula fischeri_
    - _Boulengerula niedeni_
    - _Boulengerula taitana_
    - _Boulengerula uluguruensis_
- Genus _Brasilotyphlus_ – Brazilian Caecilians
    - _Brasilotyphlus braziliensis_
    - _Brasilotyphlus guarantanus_
- Genus _Caecilia_ – Common Caecilians
    - _Caecilia abitaguae_
    - _Caecilia albiventris_
    - _Caecilia antioquiaensis_
    - _Caecilia armata_
    - _Caecilia attenuata_
    - _Caecilia bokermanni_
    - _Caecilia caribea_
    - _Caecilia corpulenta_
    - _Caecilia crassisquama_
    - _Caecilia degenerata_
    - _Caecilia disossea_
    - _Caecilia dunni_
    - _Caecilia flavopunctata_
    - _Caecilia gracilis_
    - _Caecilia guntheri_
    - _Caecilia inca_
    - _Caecilia isthmica_
    - _Caecilia leucocephala_
    - _Caecilia marcusi_
    - _Caecilia mertensi_
    - _Caecilia nigricans_
    - _Caecilia occidentalis_
    - _Caecilia orientalis_
    - _Caecilia pachynema_
    - _Caecilia perdita_
    - _Caecilia pressula_
    - _Caecilia subdermalis_
    - _Caecilia subnigricans_
    - _Caecilia subterminalis_
    - _Caecilia tentaculata_
    - _Caecilia tenuissima_
    - _Caecilia thompsoni_
    - _Caecilia volcani_
- Genus _Caecilita_
    - _Caecilita iwokramae_
- Genus _Dermophis_ – Mexican Caecilians
    - _Dermophis costaricensis_
    - _Dermophis glandulosus_
    - _Dermophis gracilior_
    - _Dermophis mexicanus_
    - _Dermophis oaxacae_
    - _Dermophis occidentalis_
    - _Dermophis parviceps_
- Genus _Gegeneophis_ – Forest Caecilians
    - _Gegeneophis carnosus_
    - _Gegeneophis danieli_, Daniel's caecilian
    - _Gegeneophis fulleri_
    - _Gegeneophis goaensis_
    - _Gegeneophis krishni_
    - _Gegeneophis madhavai_
    - _Gegeniophis mhadeiensis_
    - _Gegeneophis nadkarnii_
    - _Gegeneophis ramaswamii_
    - _Gegeneophis seshachari_
- Genus _Geotrypetes_ – West African Caecilians
    - _Geotrypetes angeli_
    - _Geotrypetes pseudoangeli_
    - _Geotrypetes seraphini_, Gaboon caecilian
- Genus _Grandisonia_ – Seychelles Caecilians
    - _Grandisonia alternans_
    - _Grandisonia brevis_
    - _Grandisonia larvata_
    - _Grandisonia sechellensis_
- Genus _Gymnopis_ – Wet Forest Caecilians
    - _Gymnopis multiplicata_
    - _Gymnopis syntrema_
- Genus _Herpele_ – Congo Caecilians
    - _Herpele multiplicata_
    - _Herpele squalostoma_
- Genus _Hypogeophis_ – Frigate Island Caecilian
    - _Hypogeophis rostratus_
- Genus _Idiocranium_ – Makumuno Assumbo Caecilian
    - _Idiocranium russeli_
- Genus _Indotyphlus_ – Battersby's Caecilians
    - _Indotyphlus battersbyi_
    - _Indotyphlus maharashtraensis_
- Genus _Luetkenotyphlus_ – São Paulo Caecilian
    - _Luetkenotyphlus brasiliensis_
- Genus _Microcaecilia_ – Tiny Caecilians
    - _Microcaecilia albiceps_
    - _Microcaecilia grandis_
    - _Microcaecilia rabei_
    - _Microcaecilia supernumeraria_
    - _Microcaecilia taylori_
    - _Microcaecilia unicolor_
- Genus _Mimosiphonops_ – Worm Patterned Caecilians
    - _Mimosiphonops reinhardti_
    - _Mimosiphonops vermiculatus_
- Genus _Oscaecilia_ – South American Caecilians
    - _Oscaecilia bassleri_
    - _Oscaecilia elongata_
    - _Oscaecilia equatorialis_
    - _Oscaecilia hypereumeces_
    - _Oscaecilia koepckeorum_
    - _Oscaecilia ochrocephala_
    - _Oscaecilia osae_
    - _Oscaecilia polyzona_
    - _Oscaecilia zweifeli_
- Genus _Parvicaecilia_ – Columbian Caecilians
    - _Parvicaecilia nicefori_
    - _Parvicaecilia pricei_
- Genus _Praslinia_ – Cooper's Caecilian
    - _Praslinia cooperi_
- Genus _Schistometopum_ – Guinae Caecilians
    - _Schistometopum gregorii_
    - _Schistometopum thomense_
- Genus _Siphonops_ – Ringed Caecilians
    - _Siphonops annulatus_
    - _Siphonops hardyi_
    - _Siphonops insulanus_
    - _Siphonops leucoderus_
    - _Siphonops paulensis_
- Genus _Sylvacaecilia_ – Aleku Caecilian
    - _Sylvacaecilia grandisonae_

## References

- Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
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