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    CHIKILIDAE FAMILY 

    In February 2012, researchers digging through mud in northeast India discovered a new family of legless amphibians in a rare scientific breakthrough. The interesting-looking family of burrowing, tailless creatures was identified by scientists that had been working for five years in remote Indian states. The creatures are about eight inches long and live up to 25 centimeters deep into the earth. The new family, the 10th from the caecilian group of amphibians, has been called Chikilidae after the name used by the local Garo tribal language. (AFP)