Amphiumas
Amphiuma
Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders from the United States, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae /æmfɪˈjuːmɪdiː/. They are also known to fishermen as "conger eels" or "Congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations, with amphiumas being salamanders, and not reptiles, nor fish. Amphiuma exhibits one of the largest complements of DNA in the living world, around 25 times more than a human.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Two-toed Amphiuma
speciesAmphiuma means
Three-toed Amphiuma
speciesAmphiuma tridactylum
One-toed Amphiuma
speciesAmphiuma pholeter
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26793.