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Dermatotrophy

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Dermatotrophy is a rare reproductive behaviour in which the young feed on the skin of its parents.[1] It has been observed in several species of caecilian, including Boulengerula taitana,[1] and is claimed to exist in the newly discovered unpublished species Dermophis donaldtrumpi.[2]

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