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Siren lacertina
Identification
Location
Florida, USA
Caption
This is a greater siren, Siren lacertina. Sirens are salamanders, though they resemble eels. They rarely if ever leave the water, and their legs are reduced to tiny structures. They retain the external gills that all larval salamanders have, but in sirens the gills stay through adulthood.
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- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Sexual
- Anatomy
- Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes)
- Behaviors
- Self Care :: Resting
Contributors
James Harding (photographer; copyright holder; identification), Michigan State University
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Amphibia frogs, salamanders, and caecilians
- Family Sirenidae Sirens
- Genus Siren
- Species Siren lacertina
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