New Vertebrate

Caecilians are in fact are a well-known, if uncommon, amphibious denizen of warmer climates.  What makes this one special is it's new.  Non-vertebrate species pop up all the time, but it seems mankind has located most the critters with backbones - and grilled them, I think.  They often resemble and are mistaken for earthworms, easy to understand considering this example:

    

The newest member of the Caecilians, Chikilidae, is pictured below.  They spend their whole life cycle underground, which is how they managed to stay unnoticed in India until now, where they are wrongly regarded as rare, highly poisonous snakes. They're young are hatched fully developed.  Interesting stuff, thought I'd share 8)

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