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caecilians

RICH123

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are all caecilians aquatic or sub aquatic i thought there was only two types aquatic and non aquatic how many species are there i have read somewhere that they can grow up two 1 and a half m long is this true and are rubber eels still classed as amphibians just wanted a bit of info on these creatures as i have been hearing more about them recently,
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coendeurloo

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Actually most of them (there are more than 170 Gymnophiona species) are living underground, some species from the Typhlonectinae family live a fully aquatic life.
 
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