What is Caeciliidae?
{{Redlinks|date=August 2012}} {{Taxobox | name = Caeciliidae | image = Syphonops annulatus.jpg | image_width = | image_caption = ''[[Siphonops annulatus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Gymnophiona]] | familia = '''Caeciliidae''' | familia_authority = Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Boulengerula]]''<br> ''[[Brasilotyphlus]]''<br> ''[[Caecilia]]''<br> ''[[Dermophis]]''<br> ''[[Gegeneophis]]''<br> ''[[Geotrypetes]]''<br> ''[[Grandisonia]]''<br> ''[[Gymnopis]]''<br> ''[[Herpele]]''<br> ''[[Hypogeophis]]''<br> ''[[Idiocranium]]''<br> ''[[Indotyphlus]]''<br> ''[[Luetkenotyphlus]]''<br> ''[[Microcaecilia]]''<br> ''[[Mimosiphonops]]''<br> ''[[Oscaecilia]]''<br> ''[[Parvicaecilia]]''<br> ''[[Praslinia]]''<br> ''[[Schistometopum]]''<br> ''[[Siphonops]]'' }} '''Caeciliidae''' is the [[Family (biology)|family]] of '''common caecilians'''. They are found in Central and South America, equatorial Africa and India. Like other [[caecilian]]s, they look like worms or snakes. Although they are the most [[diverse]] of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do have a number of features in common that make them different from other caecilians. In particular, their skulls have few bones. The ones tey have are fused to form a solid ram. This helps in digging through the soil. The mouth is beneath the nose area. There is no tail.<ref name=EoR>{{cite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Nussbaum, Ronald A.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|isbn= 0-12-178560-2|page= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0/page/57 57]}}</ref> Many caeciliids lay their eggs in moist soil. The eggs then hatch into aquatic [[larvae]]. However, some species do not have a larval stage. The eggs hatch into juveniles with the same form as the adults. In some they lack eggs and give birth