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Amphibia    Caudata    Sirenidae  
Reticulated Siren
Siren reticulata Graham, Kline, Steen, and Kelehear, 2018
SY-ren — reh-tik-yoo-LAY-tuh
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SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 New Species. Delimited as the sister taxon to all other Siren spp. by Graham et al. (2018, PLoS One 13: e0207460). (Pyron, R. Alexander, Christopher K. Beachy, David A. Beamer, and Kenneth M. Kozak. 2025. Caudata – Salamanders. Pages 10-21 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)

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Occurrences:; 79 Total; 67 Museum; 12 Other

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Alabama Florida

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for its net-like body pattern.
Siren — From Greek Seirēn (Σειρήν), referring to the mythological sirens—part woman, part bird or fish—whose aquatic and mysterious nature inspired the genus name for these eel-like amphibians with reduced limbs.
reticulata — Latin for “net-like” or “reticulated,” referring to the fine, web-like pattern of dark lines on its skin.

First instance(s) of published English names:
Dwarf Siren (Siren intermedia: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);


Selected References:
1958 Goin, Coleman J. and Walter Auffenberg. New salamanders of the family Sirenidae from the Cretaceous of North America. Fieldiana - Zoology. 10(33):449-459
1973 Martof, Bernard S. Siren intermedia.. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (127):1-3
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
2018 Graham, S. P., R. Kline, D. A. Steen, and C. Kelehear. Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata. PLoS One 13(12:e0207460):1–16

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