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Gymnophiona   Listen
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Gymnophiona  n. pl.  (Zool.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.





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... amphigastrula of the ganoids and dipneusts, whereas the discoid amniote gastrula has been evolved from the amphibian gastrula by the addition of food-yelk. This change of gastrulation is still found in the remarkable ophidia (Gymnophiona, Coecilia, or Peromela), serpent-like amphibia that live in moist soil in the tropics, and in many respects represent the transition from the gill-breathing amphibia to the lung-breathing reptiles. Their embryonic development has been ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel
 
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Words linked to "Gymnophiona" :   Caeciliadae, amphibia, family Caeciliadae, class Amphibia



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