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Congo Eel
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see salamander.
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Salamander - an amphibian of the order Urodela, or Caudata.
Amphiumids are commonly known as "congo eels," a complete misnomer if there ever was one. First of all, amphiumids are amphibians, rather than fish (which eels are).
The Two-toed Amphiuma or Congo Eel, Amphiuma means, is found in slow-moving freshwater throughout the state. Its body is dark gray above, lighter gray below, and may grow to 39" long. It has two toes on each leg.
The amphiuma is sometimes called the "Congo eel." This name is misleading for a couple of reasons: first, because the amphiuma is an amphibian, not a fish; and second, because the amphiuma is found only in North America, not Africa.
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Aquatic forms include the Congo eel (measuring up to 3 ft. long) this siren (this up to 30 in. long) also mud puppy all of these retain their gills throughout life, in the underground streams the pale yellow salamanders are blind.
The name "siren" is generally given to salamanders that have lungs as well as gills and never develop beyond the larval stage. Other names salamanders go by include olm, axolotl, spring lizard, water dog, mud puppy, hellbender, triton, and congo eel.
 See also: Eel, Salamander, Siren, Amphiuma, Lizard
  
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