108 * SIREN INTERMEDIA. 
and terminate each in four short unarmed fingers, of which the external is very 
minute. 
Cotour. The whole superior surface of the animal is dusky, approaching to 
bluish-black; beneath it is tinged with purple. 
Dimensions. Length of head in the specimen above described, 8 lines; length 
of body to vent, 6 inches; length of tail 24 inches: total length, 9 inches 2 lines. 
Hasirs. The Siren intermedia frequents swamps and rice-field ditches, like the 
Siren lacertina; but of the nature of its food I can say nothing. 
GrocrapnicaL Disrrisution. This reptile inhabits Georgia and South Carolina; 
Leconte observed it in the former, and Dr. Blanding in the latter state. ~ 
GENERAL Remarks. Leconte was the first naturalist who observed this animal, 
and described it under the specific name it here bears. 
