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Seepage Siren
Siren sphagnicola Fedler, Enge, and Moler, 2023

Current SSAR Comments:
New Species. Delimited from S. intermedia by Fedler et al. (2023, Zootaxa 5258: 351–378).

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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.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1973 Martof, Bernard S. Siren intermedia. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (127):1-3
2023 Fedler, M. T., Kevin M. Enge, and Paul E. Moler. Unraveling Siren (Caudata:Sirenidae) systematics and description of a small, seepage specialist. Zootaxa 5258(4):351-378

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