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Topic: Scolecomorphidae

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	Caecilian Species Database \| Gymnophiona.org
		The adults reside underground or in deep leaf litter.
		Scolecomorphidae - Known only from Africa, these strange caecilians have vestigial eyes at the base of their tentacles.
		When the tentacles are extended, the eyes are carried outside the cranium and onto the tip of the tentacles.
	www.gymnophiona.org /database (363 words)

	Dictionary of Animals - caecilian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Caecilians live in burrows in damp ground in the tropical Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Seychelles Islands.
		The African caecilian family Scolecomorphidae was found in 1996 to contain the first known vertebrate to be able to protrude its eyes.
		The eyes of Scolecomorphus kirkii are attached to the base of its tentacles, and when the tentacles are fully extended its eyes are carried beyond the skull.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/dictionaries/animals/data/m0007490.html (292 words)

	Amphibian Species of the World - Scolecomorphidae Taylor, 1969 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Class: Amphibia > Order: Gymnophiona > Family: Scolecomorphidae
		Michigan, 687, the Scolecomorphidae is the sister-taxon of the Caeciliidae + Typhlonectidae.
		Herpetol., 52: 83-92, suggested that the Scolecomorphidae is imbedded within the Caeciliidae, rendering the latter paraphyletic.
	research.amnh.org /herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=24763 (172 words)

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		They are sometimes referred to as Gymnophionans or Apodans.
		Family Rhinatrematidae Family Ichthyophiidae Family Uraeotyphlidae Family Caeciliaidae Family Scolecomorphidae Family Typhlonectidae ¡# F o $þ "$þ þþ+þÆ&þ"8$þ þªÞ)"f:CòóS° 0ßSu¦ø @` ðH ð$ ð0“”Þ½h¿ÿ ?ð ÿÿÿÌ33ÌÌÌÿ²²²îï NðFPð(ðÞð( ð ð(ð¦ ð( ³ðB8¿¿ÀÿðÿÔð”º___PPT9n¬f ð¨Class Reptilia This class has several subclasses.
		For more information see my source, Classification of Living Reptiles or Animal Diversity Web: Class Reptilia.
	www.scienceteacherprogram.org /genscience/website.ppt (1010 words)

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