"They’ll probably eat small animals and get eaten by larger ones. "
-- Coleman Sheehy, Florida Museum’s herpetology collection manager
Researchers say yet another non-native species may have begun making its home in Florida, but unlike some other creatures brought in from elsewhere, it’s possible the slimy snake-like caecilians may not be harmful to the Sunshine State’s ecosystem.
“Florida Fish and Wildlife officers captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S.,” the Florida Museum of Natural History said in a news release Wednesday.
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