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Amphiumas have an
elongated body,
generally grey-black in color. They do have legs, but they are
merely vestigial and very small.
While amphiumas can...
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between two-toed
amphiumas and three-toed
amphiumas, and much
greater dissimilarity between the one-toed
amphiuma and the two-toed
amphiuma. The head is pointed...
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streams in
hilly regions.
Frequently occupies crayfish burrows.
Amphiumas are
nocturnal carnivores. They
spend most of the time
hiding in heavily...
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streams or
along the
edges of
coastal spring-fed rivers. Like all
amphiumas, one-toed
amphiumas eat small,
aquatic invertebrates such as crayfish,
annelid worms...
- over the
surface of the body. Some
aquatic species, such as
sirens and
amphiumas, have
reduced or
absent hind limbs,
giving them an eel-like appearance...
- foot, but no
claws on either. Some
salamanders have
fewer digits and the
amphiumas are eel-like in
appearance with tiny,
stubby legs. The
sirens are aquatic...
- However, on June 19, 2008 a
greater siren was
consumed by a two-toed
amphiuma,
indicating that this
species could be an
additional predator of the greater...
- It
preys mostly on
giant aquatic salamanders in the
genera Siren and
Amphiuma, but it also eats
other amphibians. They are
known to use
their sharply...
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distinct family, Dicamptodontidae, by AmphibiaWeb:
Family Amphiumidae –
amphiumas or
Congo eels, 3
species Family Plethodontidae –
lungless salamanders...
- from a
terrestrial ancestor that
still had an
aquatic larval stage. Like
amphiumas, they are able to
cross land on
rainy nights.
Except for some patches...
