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Ribbit! I'm legless
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Egg clutch of Chikila sp. an egg-laying and direct developing caecilians endemic (restricted) to northeast India. The new family of amphibians are legless.
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Map of northeast India showing localities from where the new family was discovered.
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SD Biju of Delhi University with co-researchers from the Natural History Museum, London and Vrije University, Brussels.
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Chikila sp., tailless burrowing caecilians, mother guarding her egg clutch.
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An embryo of Chikila sp. an egg-laying and direct developing caecilian endemic to northeast India.
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Chikila sp., tailless burrowing caecilians: a mother brooding her egg clutch.
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Egg clutch of Chikila sp. an egg-laying and direct developing caecilians endemic (restricted) to northeast India.
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