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Basic information
Siren lacertina
Greater Siren
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilySirens
GenusSirens
- Czech name
- Surýn úhořovitý
- English name
- Greater Siren
- Alternative names
- Common Siren, Great Siren, Mud Eel, Mud Iguana, Siren, Sirena mayor
- Synonyms
- Muraena siren, Phanerobranchus dipus, Siren lacertina, Sirene lacertina, Syren lacertina
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 978 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,000 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 25 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods, Vertebrates
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 3–4 years
- Clutch size
- 100–1,400 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6590 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4XR2K · COL26.9