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Yes. Caecillians are of the subclass lissamphibia, which includes anurans (frogs), Urodellans, (salamanders) and gymnophiona (caecillians) The taxonomic progression is as follows:
Kingdom: Animalia (not plants, protists, etc.)
phylum: chordata (possessing of a spinal chord)
subphylum: vertebrata (possessing of a backbone)
superclass: tetrapods (tetrapod means four limbs)
class: amphibia (both fossil and extant amphibians)
subclass: lissamphibia (extant amphibians)
Caecillians lost their legs secondarily, that is, their ancestors had legs and their progression toward an increasingly fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle created a selection pressure toward the loss of legs. The clues to this lie in the pectoral girdles where their legs used to articulate. They have a heavily ossified skull for digging, a specialized jaw which locks so they don't get mouthfuls of dirt while digging. They have ribs but they don't encircle the body.
many worms are also fossorial but they are in the phylum annelida, not chordata. They have converged on very similar body styles as a result of congruency in their lifestyle.
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What animals belong to the order gymnophiona?
Caecillians.
What are frogs toads newts salamanders caecillians?
anphibians
Which group of vertebrates does caecillian belong to?
Caecillians are amphibians.
What use moist skin to breath?
Animals that breathe through moist skin are amphibians , frogs, salamanders, caecillians , newt , snail , earthworm , etc
Do red-eyed tree frogs have lungs?
Yes they do. All frogs, salamanders and Caecillians have lungs. However the tadpoles do not and develop lungs in the time that they live in water.
What are animals that have scales?
Caecillians Amphibians; Type of tropical snake and earthworms-look-like
Are cranial bones bones of the foot?
Cranial bones are bones of the head, tarsal bones are bones of the feet.
Are carpals long bones or flat bones or short bones or irregular bones?
There are often sesamoid bones at the interphalangeal joints resembling the petella in the knee
Are their irregular bones or round bones?
There are irregular bones, these bones are your vertebrae
What are different types of bones in the skeletal system?
There are 5 types of bones in the human body. There are long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, and sesmoid bones.
What are the short bones in the human skeleton?
The body consists of long bones, flat bones, irregular bones, short bones and sesmoid bones. The short bones include bones in the wrist and foot.
What are the 4 of bones?
Bones classified into four groups. Long bones,Short bones,Flat bones, and Irregular bones
