Strange images of pink 'marbles' are the eggs of a legless amphibian - News Summed Up

Strange images of pink 'marbles' are the eggs of a legless amphibian


Images which appear to be of a strange handful of pink marbles in a patch of mud are actually the eggs of a legless amphibian. The pictures show the little see-through balls which contain the creatures which belongs to the Chikilidae family, related to the salamander. Because they live hidden underground, not much is known about them unlike their more famous - and vocal - amphibious cousins, the frogs. Scroll on the videoImages which appear to be of a strange handful of pink marbles in a patch of mud are actually the eggs of a legless amphibian. Only 186 of the world's known amphibious species are caecilians, compared with more than 6,000 frog species - a third of which are considered endangered.


Source: Daily Mail March 22, 2019 17:57 UTC



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