Question about caecilian young

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jennifer

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What does a "baby" caecilian look like? Do they have any changes at metamorphosis (other than loss of gills, I assume)?
 
Hi Jen,
The live bearing species all look like minature versions of the adults (although the aquatic species have to shed their gills)and get thier adult teeth (thier "baby" teeth are shovel shaped for scraping a cellular secretion from the uterine walls). There are some morphological differences in the egg laying species but as I haven't looked at that info in more than ten years it escapes me at the moment.
 
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