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Today is the 3rd #AmphibianWeek day and the theme is:
Amazing #Amphibian Facts
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Did you know that amphibians can be great mothers? Follow this thread to learn more!
Image ©Davidvraju
Amazing #Amphibian Facts
Create your own publication about it and tag us, so we can share it!
amphibians.org/amphibianweek/
Did you know that amphibians can be great mothers? Follow this thread to learn more!
Image ©Davidvraju
"When it comes to dedicated mothering, #caecilians have got us beat. These tube-like #amphibians sacrifice the very skin off their backs (and pretty much everywhere else) to keep their squirming offspring well-fed".
Happy Mother's Day! ❤️
"When it comes to dedicated mothering, #caecilians have got us beat. These tube-like #amphibians sacrifice the very skin off their backs (and pretty much everywhere else) to keep their squirming offspring well-fed".
Acclimating a new office buddy! Another long, slender, gray tube of an #amphibian - the #caecilian !
(It and Perry the #amphiuma will be neighbors)
(It and Perry the #amphiuma will be neighbors)
That overbite tho, and those rolls!
Meet Typhlonectes natans aka a “rubber eel.” In reality it’s an #amphibian & more closely related to #frogs than to true #eels .
Meet Typhlonectes natans aka a “rubber eel.” In reality it’s an #amphibian & more closely related to #frogs than to true #eels .
Typhlonectes natans is an aquatic #caecilian native to northern South America, & this species is (to my understanding) the most common caecilian in the pet trade.
(this guy/gal is captive bred & was being sold at a reptile show in MN)
(Map: iucnredlist.org/species/59601/…)
(this guy/gal is captive bred & was being sold at a reptile show in MN)
(Map: iucnredlist.org/species/59601/…)
