| This
order is also often known as Apoda. Species in this order
are to be found in all tropical areas exept for Australia.
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| Literature |
| Nussbaum,
R.A. & M. Wilkinson. 1989. On the Classification and
Phylogeny of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a Critical
Review. Herpetol. Monogr., 3: 1-42. |
| Peters,
W.C.H. 1880. Über die Eintheilung der Caecilien und
insbesondere über die Gattungen Rhinatrema
and Gymnopis. Mber. Königl. Preuss. Akad.
Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 924-943. |
Presswell, B., D.J. Gower, O.V. Oomen, G.J. Measey &
M. Wilkinson. 2002. Scolecophidian snakes in the diets
of South Asian caecilian amphibians. Herpetol. J., 12(3):
123-126. |
| Reiss,
J. 1996. Palatal Metamorphosis in Basal Caecilians (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona) as Evidence for Lissamphibian Monophyly.
J. Herpetol., 30(1): 27-39. |
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