Legless amphibian discovered in India
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-23 08:07
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A chikilidae egg is shown in the soils of northeast India. The discovery gives more evidence that India is a hotbed of amphibian life. Sathyabhama Das Biju / Frogindia Via AP |
NEW DELHI - Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India - unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.
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