Sirenidae
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| Suborder: | Sirenoidea
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| Family: | Sirenidae
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Sirenidae or sirens is a family of aquatic salamanders. They have very small front legs and do not have back legs.[1] They have gills for breathing. Sirens are found only in the southeastern United States and northern Mexico.
Taxonomy
The siren family (Sirenidae) is subdivided into two genera, with two species each:
Family SIRENIDAE
- Genus Pseudobranchus (Gray, 1825) – Dwarf sirens
- Pseudobranchus axanthus (Netting & Goin, 1942) – Southern Dwarf Siren
- Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824) – Northern Dwarf Siren
- Genus Siren (Österdam, 1766) – Sirens
- Siren intermedia (Barnes, 1826) – Lesser Siren
- Siren lacertina (Linnaeus, 1766) – Greater Siren
References
- ↑ Zweifel, Richard George. Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians (1998). San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-12-178560-2. OCLC 39559811.
Books
- San Mauro, Diego. Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea. American Naturalist 165 (5) (May 2005). p. 590–599. doi:10.1086/429523. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
Other websites
- Tree of Life: Sirenidae Archived 2017-04-02 at the Wayback Machine