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The fossils also showed that early snakes held onto their hindlimbs for a long time before the rise of the mostly limbless snakes alive today.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The first Roman Torlonia acquired important antique sculptures assembled by earlier collectors, with everything restored to perfection—no missing noses or limbless torsos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Scientists studying the feeding behavior of caecilians—a group of limbless, egg-laying creatures—observed their offspring making a peculiar and rarely heard sound.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 6, 2024

It is so old, in fact, that it has legs, where modern caecilians are limbless, looking like worms and snakes.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023

His throat tightened in horror as his eyes traveled up its limbless body to its head and found that where he’d expected a reptilian skull was something else.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray