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Haven't seen much in the way of terrestrial caecilian photos here, so I figured I'd post several of mine. First is one of my Dermophis mexicanus. The next are a couple of my Ichthiophis sp. caecilians. Sorry, I haven't yet been able to get my hands on species characteristics descriptions, and I don't rely on the suppliers "expertise" so I'm uncertain at this time exactly which species of Ichthiophis I have.

hi,do you have any luck breeding them?i'm very interested to get some.do your supplier still have some available?

thanks,
phil

Sorry, I've had the caecilians for years, there's no way the supplier would still have them, otherwise I would have bought them up by now.
I've never attempted to breed the Dermophis mexicanus as when I first received them, they were of disparate sizes, and later, I realized some had certain conditions while others didn't. I didn't want to mix them on the chance of introducing diseases to otherwise healthy individuals.
As for the Ichthyophis sp., I simply don't have the appropriate set up to attempt to breed them. From what I've read, you need to set up a riparian habitat with the appropriate sediments, and you have to play with precipitation.

Hi There,

If you're ever looking to sell your ichthyophis, I will pay top dollar.

Thanks,
Steve

hey steve when will the caecilians arrive and do you have any photos of the siphonops.

Hi Alex,

It looks like this shipment is going to be only P. Kaupii. I'll keep you posted on the siphonops. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you wanted one siphonops right?

Thanks,
Steve

yeah. hey do you know anything about schistometopum thomense cause i am going to sao tome with my uncle and some friends.

i will also like to buy a large dermophis.i will also trade somthing for it.