Siren (genus)
Genus of amphibians
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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.
| Siren Temporal range: | |
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| Lesser siren, Siren intermedia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Sirenidae |
| Genus: | Siren Linnaeus, 1766[note 1] |
| Type species | |
| Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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.[5] 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.[6]
Species
Extant (living) species include:[1]
- Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 – lesser siren
- Siren lacertina Linnaeus, 1766[7] – 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
Siren intermedia nettingi,
western lesser siren
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See also
- Pseudobranchus, dwarf sirens
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