James Harden

Caecilians, Like Most Amphibians, Have Been Thought To Produce Only Poisons. But This Discovery Marks The First Time Of Finding Venom Glands In The Mouth Of An Amphibian. Caecilians Are Said To Look Like A Hybrid Between A Worm and A Snake But Predate Snakes By About A 100 Myrs, Making Them One Of The Oldest Venomous Biters On Earth.

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The Fossil Of The Earliest Known Land Animal, 425 Myrs Old, May Has Been Discovered In Scotland. The Fossil, Called Kampecaris Obanensis (KO), About 2.5cm Long, Resembles Modern Day Millipedes, Though Not Ancestral. KO May Be The Oldest Animal From Fossil Records, But The Living Soil Warm Are Believed To Be Older, 450 Myrs Old, Than It.

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For The First Time, The Fossil Of A Flying Reptile, An Unusual Group Of Pterodactyls Known As Tapejarids, Which Existed In China And Brazil, Has Been Found On The Largest Island In England, Isle Of Wight. The Fossil, Named Wightia Declivirostris, Adds To Diversity Of Prehistoric Reptiles And Dinosaurs Found On The Island.

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The Fossil Of The Oldest Salamander, Triassurus Sixtelae, May Have Been Discovered In Kyrgyzstan. The Fossil, About 250 Myrs Old, Triassic, Is Also Said To Be The Most Primitive Amphibian Thought To Have Crawled Out Of A Muddy Freshwater Lake Millions Of Years Ago. This Discovery May Shed Some Light On The Mysterious Origin Of Amphibians.

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A New Species Of Salamander, Said To Be The Biggest Amphibian In The World, May Have Been Discovered. The Discovery Was Made From A Salamander, Known As China Giant Salamander, Which Lived In London Zoo For 20 Years Before Being Preserved, For 74 Years, At The Natural History Museum. The Species Is Presumed To Still Live In The Wild.

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