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SIREN, common name for members of a family of eellike salamanders. These tailed amphibians have no rear legs, tiny front legs, and elongated bodies. They breathe through external gills and gill slits and rarely leave the water. Sirens feed at night on insects and small fish. The 76-cm (30-in) great siren ranges along the Atlantic coastal plain, from the District of Columbia south to Florida and Alabama. The dwarf siren is found from Texas east to southern Louisiana and north to Illinois; it measures about 25 cm (about 10 in). The mud siren, of Georgia and Florida, seldom exceeds a length of 20 cm (8 in). |
| COMMON NAME | FAMILY | GENUS AND SPECIES |
| Great siren | Sirenidae | Siren lacertina |
| Dwarf siren | Sirenidae | S. intermedia |
| Mud siren | Sirenidae | Psuedobranchus striatus |