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Tropical Caecilians
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Tropical Caecilians

Scolecomorphus

The Scolecomorphidae are the family of tropical caecilians (Frost) or African caecilians (ITIS). They are found in Cameroon in West Africa, and Malawi and Tanzania in East Africa. Caecilians are legless amphibians which superficially resemble worms or snakes.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Kirk's Caecilian

speciesScolecomorphus kirkii

Banded Caecilian

speciesScolecomorphus vittatus

Uluguru Black Caecilian

speciesScolecomorphus uluguruensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28206.