Mr. . 
New York Zoological Society. 
SIREN (Siren lacertina). Length: 2^ feet. Range: South Atlantic, Mississippi and 
Gulf regions of the United States. 
The two-footed siren, despite its name, is one of the most ungainly of its 
order. Except for a pair of rudimentary legs at the front of its body it 
resembles a stout eel. The siren has large external gills and is easily identi¬ 
fied by a multitude of tiny light spots. It is also called the mud-eel and 
appears by that name in Stejneger and Barbour’s Check List of North 
American Amphibians and Reptiles. 
