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doi:10.1038/nindia.2008.253; Published online 31 July 2008
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First viviparous Asian amphibian
In the first Asian report of an amphibian species nurturing embryos inside the body and then giving birth to offsprings, researchers have discovered four foetuses inside a female Geogeneophis seshachari, one of the smallest known worm-like amphibians (caecilians)1.
The phenomenon called viviparity was observed in a gravid female containing four foetuses in its oviduct, the passage from the ovaries leading outside the body.
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