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Greater Siren
Siren lacertina Österdam, 1766

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Carolina Mud Iguana (Siren lacertina: Österdam, Abrahamus. 1766. S. A. N. Siren Lacertina, Dissertatione Academica Orbi Erudito Data Quam Venia Nob. Et. Experient. Fac. Med. Ad Reg. Acad. Upsal. Praeside Viro Nobilissimo et Experientissimo (with Public acknowledgement of Abrahamus Österdam) [Siren lacertina, an academic dissertation given to the learned world...] Dissertation. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 15pp.); Caroline Siren (Siren lacertina: Forster, John R. 1771. A systematic catalogue of all the known plants of English North-America or, a flora Americae Septentrionalis. Pages in From Forster's translation of Bossu, Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana, Vol. 1. T. Davies, London, England. pp.); Mud-Inguana (Siren lacertina (by extension): Peale, Charles Willson 1789. An account and description of the Mud-Inguana, or Siren of South-Carolina. Columbian Magazine 3(January):12-13; + 1 plate); Siren (Siren lacertina (by extension): Peale, Charles Willson 1789. An account and description of the Mud-Inguana, or Siren of South-Carolina. Columbian Magazine 3(January):12-13; + 1 plate); lnguana (Siren lacertina: Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise M. F. J. 1799. Translation of a memoir on a new species of Siren. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4():277-281); Mud Iguana (Siren lacertina: Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise M. F. J. 1799. Translation of a memoir on a new species of Siren. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4():277-281); Muraena Siren (Siren lacertina: Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise M. F. J. 1799. Translation of a memoir on a new species of Siren. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 4():277-281); Common Siren (Siren lacertina: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.); Lacertine Siren (Siren lacertina: Griffith, Edward and Edward Pidgeon. 1831. The class reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Part 2. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London. 1-481pp.); Mud-eel (Siren lacertina: Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1859. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens of natural history in spirit contained in the Museum of the Royal college of surgeons of England. Vertebrata: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia. Taylor and Francis, London, England. pp.); Siren (Siren lacertina: Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1859. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens of natural history in spirit contained in the Museum of the Royal college of surgeons of England. Vertebrata: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia. Taylor and Francis, London, England. pp.); Mud Eel (Siren lacertina: Yarrow, Henry C. 1876. List of Skeletons and Crania in the Section of Comparative Anatomy of the United States Army Medical Museum for use during the International Exhibition of 1876 in Connection with the Representation of the Medical Department U.S. Army. Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. pp.); Great Siren (Siren lacertina: Jordan, David Starr. 1876. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi River, and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, Exclusive of Marine Species. Jansen, McClurg, and Company, Chicago, Illinois.. 342pp.); Greater Siren (Siren lacertina: Conant, Roger, Fred R. Cagle, Coleman J. Goin, Charles H. Lowe, Wilfred T. Neill, M. Graham Netting, Karl P. Schmidt, Charles E. Shaw, Robert C. Stebbins, and Charles M. Bogert. 1956. Common names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1956(3):172-185);

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Selected References:
1766 Österdam, Abrahamus. S. A. N. Siren Lacertina, Dissertatione Academica Orbi Erudito Data Quam Venia Nob. Et. Experient. Fac. Med. Ad Reg. Acad. Upsal. Praeside Viro Nobilissimo et Experientissimo (with Public acknowledgement of Abrahamus Österdam) [Siren lacertina, an academic dissertation given to the learned world...] Dissertation. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. 15pp.
1789 Peale, Charles Willson An account and description of the Mud-Inguana, or Siren of South-Carolina. Columbian Magazine 3(January):12-13; + 1 plate
1925 Viosca, Percy, Jr. A terrestrial form of Siren lacertina. Copeia 1925:102-104
1933 Boyden, Alan and G. Kingsley Noble. The relationships of some common amphibia as determined by serological study. American Museum Novitates (606):1-24
1961 Goin, Coleman J. The growth and size of Siren lacertina. Herpetologica 17(2):139
1973 Martof, Bernard S. Siren lacertina. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (128):1-2
1974 Martof, Bernard S. Sirenidae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (151):1-2
1974 Martof, Bernard S. Siren. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (152):1-2
2003 Gardner, James D. Revision of Habrosaurus Gilmore (Caudata: Sirenidae) and relationships among Sirenid salamanders. Paleontology 46(6):1009-1122

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