Lesser Siren
Siren intermedia
The lesser siren is a permanently aquatic salamander of quiet ponds, marshes, ditches, and slow backwaters in the southeastern United States. It moves through vegetation with an eel-like body and small forelimbs, feeding mainly on aquatic insects, snails, worms, and other small invertebrates. During drought it can burrow into mud and aestivate inside a protective cocoon of shed skin until water returns.
- Type
- Water / Burrow
- Conservation status
- LC