Siren (genus)
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Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae.[1][2] The genus consists of five living species, along with one extinct species from the Eocene Epoch and three from the Miocene.
The living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.
Siren intermedia, the lesser siren, has been seen as both a colonizer and a dominant species, in a single community, at two different succession stages.[3] In Texas, during the 1970s, the species was found to have removed at least 283 individuals from a beaver pond, over a four year period.[4]
Species
Extant (living) species include:[1]
- Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 – lesser siren
- Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766[5] – greater siren
- Siren nettingi Goin, 1942 – western siren
- Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen & Kelehear, 2018 – reticulated siren or leopard eel
- Siren sphagnicola Fedler, Enge & Moler, 2023 – seepage siren
- †Siren dunni Goin & Auffenberg, 1957
- †Siren hesterna Goin & Auffenberg, 1955
- †Siren miotexana Holman, 1977
- †Siren simpsoni Goin & Auffenberg, 1955
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Siren intermedia nettingi,
western lesser siren
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See also
- Pseudobranchus, dwarf sirens
Notes
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