Siren (genus)

Siren (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Siren"



image_caption = Lesser Siren, "Siren intermedia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
subclassis = Lissamphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Sirenidae
genus = "Siren"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1766

"Siren" is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae. The genus consists of two species which have elongate, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial forelegs.

Species

*Lesser Siren, "Siren intermedia" (Barnes, 1826)
*Greater Siren, "Siren lacertina" (Linnaeus, 1766)

See also

*Genus "Pseudobranchus", dwarf sirens.

References

*ITIS|ID=173734|taxon=Siren|year=2006|date=26 May

External links

*eol|16141868


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