ADW: siren.lacertina.jpg

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Image of: Siren lacertina (greater siren)

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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.

Contributors

James Harding external link (photographer, copyright holder, identification), Michigan State University

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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 09, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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