Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 47, No. 1 (March 2013), pp. 75-77 (3 pages) The Western Lesser Siren, Siren intermedia nettingi, is a fully aquatic, paedomorphic salamander. The foraging ecology of S. i.

Indiana park officials stumbled upon a "peculiar" creature when they were working in a Posey County swamp last week. The two-legged amphibian was caught and placed a plastic bucket of water so ...

POSEY COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — A strange specimen found by herpetologists with the Department of Natural Resources is catching eyes. A post on Facebook by the Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife shows ...

Hoosiers were mesmerized — and some a little concerned — about an eel-like creature the Indiana Department of Natural Resources caught in a Posey County swamp last week. The Indiana Division of Fish ...

A new aquatic salamander species has been discovered, and researchers are almost entirely sure it matches the description of a previously-unknown animal that presented itself to the public many times ...

The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center has added a rare opportunity to view endangered pallid sturgeon and the unique Western lesser siren up close. Dave Herzog, Resource Science Supervisor at ...

Within the freshwater wetlands of Florida, a few species of salamanders known as sirens swim through the underwater vegetation. These elusive creatures are within the same order as salamanders, but ...

Meet Siren reticulata (reticulated Siren): a previously undescribed, 2 ft-long spotted salamander that breathes through “Christmas tree-like” appendages. A recent paper produced by a collaboration of ...