AMPHIUMIDZ : AMPHIUMA, MURZENOPSIS. 
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Synopsis of Genera. 
1. AmpniumaA. Toes 2: 2. 
2. Murznopsis. Toes 3: 3. 
1. AMPHIUMA. 
Toes 2: 2. 
Amphiuma Linn. ; Garden, Correspond. with Linn. 1821; Cuvier, 
Oss. Fos. v. 420., Mem. Mus. H. N. xiv. 4.; Wagler, Icon. 6.; 
Tschudi, Batr, 97.; Baird, 1. c. 1849, 290. 
Chrysodonta Mitchill, Med. Recorder, 1822. 
Sirenoides Fitz. S. R. 34. 
1. AmMpuiuMA MEANS. Congo Snake. 
Dark brown. 
Amphiuma means Zinn. ; Garden in Smith's Correspondence of Lin- 
neus, 333. 599. 532.; Holbrook, N. A. Herp. t.30.; Harlan, 
Jour. N.S. Phil. 11., Annal. Lyc. N. Y. 126. t. 22. 
Amph. didactylum Cuv. Mém. Mus. xiv. 4.t. f. 1, 2, 3. 1828; 
Wagler, Icon. t. 19. f. 1., Bull. Sct. Nat. 163. 
Chrysodonta larveformis Mitchill, Medical Recorder, 1822, No. 19. ; 
Harlan, Jour. Acad. N. S. Phil. ww. 54. 
Siren similis Linn. ; Smith, Corresp. 1. 599. 
Sirenoides didactylum Fitz. S. R. 34. 
Anat. Harlan. J. A. N.S. iii. 55. 
a. In spirits. Adult. N. America. 
b, c. In spirits. N.America. Presented by T. Bell, Esq. 
2. MURZENOPSIS. 
Toes 3: 3. 
Murenopsis itz. S. Rh. 34.» 
Amphiuma sp. Cuvier, R, A. 1. 118. 
?Siren (adult) Rusconi. 
1. MurzNopsis TRIDACTYLA. 
Amphiuma tridactyla Cuv. Mém. Mus. xiv. t. 1.3; Holbrook, 
N. A. Herp. t. 31.; Baird, |. c. 1849, 290. 
_ Mureenopsis tridactyla Fitz. S.R.34. 
?Four-footed Siren, Siren quadrupeda Barton on Siren lacertina., 
Siren lacertina (adult) Rusconi, Amour. Salam, p. 11. 
OsTEo.. t. 4.f.21. Owen, Odont. t. 62. f. 7. 
a. In spirits. Florida, N. America. Presented by R. 
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