amphiuma
Amphiuma means latin

Amphiuma are rarely encountered on land, but it is possible.

It is the smallest species in the genus Amphiuma with the average adult size being 8.5 inches (220 mm).

Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders.

The Amphiuma has one of the largest amounts of DNA in the living world, around 25 times more than a human.

The One-toed Amphiuma is considered aquatic, and ranges in coloration from gray-black to purplish-brown.

Congo eel, amphibians of the genus Amphiuma (order Caudata)

The three-toed amphiuma looks rather eel-like, with an elongate, dark grey-black, or brown colored body, and tiny vestigial legs.

Four-stroke buccal pumping is used by some basal ray-finned fish and aquatic amphibians such as Xenopus and Amphiuma.

Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means)

The two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means) is a snake-like salamander found chiefly in the southeastern United States.

Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)

One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter)

Unlike the other two Amphiuma species which have distinctively lighter undersides, One-toed Amphiumas are the same color on both the dorsum (back) and the venter (belly).

The three-toed amphiuma, Amphiuma tridactylum, is a species of aquatic salamander native to the Southeastern United States.

The amphiuma, from the same part of the world, still possesses all four of its limbs but they are so minuscule that you have to look very carefully if you are not to miss them.

Pig frog, Bullfrog, Leopard frog, Green tree frog, Squirrel tree frog, Florida cricket frog, Two-toed amphiuma, Central newt.

The One-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter) is an aquatic, eel-like salamander native to the southeastern United States.

The three-toed amphiuma is found in the United States, along the Gulf of Mexico states, from Alabama to Texas, and north to Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.

It can also be distinguished by its cone-shaped head and toe number - One-toed Amphiumas have one toe on each foot as opposed to the two or three exhibited by other Amphiuma species.

There are fifteen species of obligate neotenic salamanders, including species of Necturus, Proteus and Amphiuma, and many examples of facultative ones that adopt this strategy under appropriate environmental circumstances.

Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means)

The two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means) is a snake-like salamander found chiefly in the southeastern United States.