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Rio Lita Caecilian (Caecilia nigricans), family Caeciliidae, Valle de Cauca, Colombia

Caecilians are amphibians, like frogs and salamanders. (They are vertebrates.)

They are not worms, nor are they snakes.

Most species are either fossorial (burrowing), like this species, or aquatic.

photograph by Andres Farero

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Günther's Caecilian (Caecilia guntheri), family Caeciliidae, Choco, Colombia

Caecilians are amphibians, like frogs and salamanders. (They are vertebrates.)

They are not worms, nor are they snakes.

Most species are either fossorial (burrowing), like this species, or aquatic.

photograph by Felipe Barrerao

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Fringed Leaf Frog (Cruziohyla craspedopus), family Hylidae, found in the Amazonian lowlands of South America

photograph by Nicholas Hess

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Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), family Alcedinidae, order Coraciiformes, Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India

photograph by Kessy George

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Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, eastern Ecuador

photograph by Jose (Tropical Birding Tours)

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Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, northern CA, USA

photograph by Tausif Farooqi

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Purple-breasted Cotinga (Cotinga cotinga), family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, found in northern South America

photographs by Robert Greenage

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Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, India

photograph by Rahul Misra

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Eastern Fox Snake (Pantherophis vulpinus), family Colubridae, upper Mid-West, USA

photographs: Joel Hayes, Kevin Hutcheson, Adrian Bara-Popa, Angus Mossman

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Amazon Thornytail Iguana (Uracentron flaviceps), male, family Tropiduridae, found in the NW Amazon Basin of South America

photograph by Dante Fenolio

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Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae), family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, Australia

Photograph by Laurie Ross

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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Yucatan, Mexico

photographs by Oliver Patrick

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Pink-headed Warbler (Cardellina versicolor), family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, Guatemala

Photograph by Greg Lavaty

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Earless Monitor Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis), family Lanthanotidae, endemic to Borneo

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Semi-aquatic.

Closely related to the true monitor lizard in the family Varanidae.

The only member of its family.

They do have inner ears, and are capable of hearing, despite the lack of ear openings and tympana.

photograph by Reptiles4all

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Common Dolphinfish aka Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), family Coryphaenidae, order Carangiformes, Baja California, Mexico

Mid: w/ Pacific Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus), family Scombridae, order Scombriformes.

Top: w/ Striped Marlin (Tetrapturus audax), family Istiophoridae, order Carangiformes.

photographs by William Drumm

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Annie's Dwarf Goby or Halmahera Goby (Stiphodon annieae), family Oxudercidae, order Gobiiformes, endemic to streams with rocky bottoms in Halmahera, Indonesia

photograph by Aquatic Avenue

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Smith’s Tropical Night Lizard (Lepidophyma smithii), family Xantusiidae, found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico

photograph by Reptiles4all