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MEANTES (SUBORDER) 



LiNN]6, Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, 1766, 

 sign. Rrrr 5, Addenda (not paged) 



SIRENIDAE (FAMILY) 



Siren (GENUS) 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, 17G6, 



sign. Rrrr 5, Addenda (not paged) 



TYPE : lacertina 



Siren lacertina Linn6 



MUD-EEL 



Siren lacertina Linn^ 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, 1766, sign. Rrrr 5, Addenda (not 

 paged). 

 Siren lacertina Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 226, fig. 57. 



TYPE locality: "Habitat in Carolinae paludosis." 

 range: Eastern Virginia to Florida, through the Gulf States to 

 the west side of the Rio Grande; Mississippi Valley to Illinois 

 and Indiana; in scattered localities in Arkansas and Missouri. 



Pseudobranchus (GENUS) 



Gray, Ann. Philos., N. S., Vol. 10, 1825, p. 216 

 type: striatum 



Pseudobranchus striatus (Le Conte) 



Siren striata Le Conte 



Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, Vol. 1, Pt. 1, 1824, p. 53, pi. 4. 

 Pseudobranchus striatus Gray 



Ann. Philos., N. S., Vol. 10, 1825, p. 216. 

 Pseudobranchus striatus Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 230, fig. 58. 



TYPE locality: Not given, but by inference it was one of the 

 Le Conte plantations in Floyd or Liberty County, Georgia. 



range: Swamps of southern South Carolina, lower Georgia, and 

 Florida. 



