From the December 2004 Reptiles Magazine, "Say Hello to the Caecilians" (p.42)
Rubber eels
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has made it clear in recent years that the aquatic species of typhlonectid caecilians, commonly imported with tropical fish as "rubber eels," are not currently legal to import or own in the United States.
Most commonly, this involves the species of Typhlonectes natans and T. comprssicauda. All South American countries where typhlonectid caecilians occur currently prohibit their commercial exportation. Perhaps, this may change in the future.
For this reason, that advice contained in this article pertains only to terrestrial species that sporadically appear in U.S. markets and are legal to import.
[picture caption] The United States Fish and Wildlife Service does not currently allow the import of any species of aquatic caecillians of the family Typhlonectidae.
