New fossils shake up history of amphibians with no legs
Tiny skulls and other bits hint at unexpected backstory for today’s snake-shaped caecilians
![illustration of Chinlestegophis](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/061917_SM_salamander_main.jpg?fit=860%2C523&ssl=1)
BACKSTORY WITH LEGS Small and possibly living underground, the newly named extinct Chinlestegophis (artist’s illustration shown) still had legs but might be an ancient near-relative of today’s legless caecilian amphibians.
Jorge Gonzalez