What is Ichthyophiidae?
{{Redlinks|date=August 2012}} {{Taxobox | name = Asiatic tailed caecilians | image = Caecilian wynaad1.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Ichthyophis'' sp. from the [[Western Ghats]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Gymnophiona]] | familia = '''Ichthyophiidae''' | familia_authority = [[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1968 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Caudacaecilia]]''<br> ''[[Ichthyophis]]''<br> ''[[Uraeotyphlus]]'' }} [[Image:Caecilian wynaad2.jpg|The vent is an important taxonomic feature for ''Ichthyophis'' identification|thumb]] '''Ichthyophiidae''' is the family of '''Asiatic tailed caecilians''' or '''fish caecilians'''. They are found in south-east Asia. They are [[primitive]] [[caecilian]]s. They do not have some of the features found in the other families. For example, the mouth is not back underneath the head, they have tails, and have many scales on their body. They have two sets of muscles for closing the jaw. This is a feature unique to caecilians, but absent in the related family [[Rhinatrematidae]].<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/55 55]}}</ref> They lay their eggs in small holes in moist soil. The eggs hatch into [[larvae]]. They live in streams or underground seepages. They the change into adults. There is some evidence that the female may protect the eggs until they hatch.<ref name=EoR/> ==Taxonomy== Family '''Ichthyophiidae''' * Genus ''[[Caudacaecilia]]'' **''[[Caudacaecilia asplenia]]'' - Broad-striped Caecilian **''[[Caudacaecilia larutensis]]'' - Larut Hills Caecilian **''[[Cauda