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The newly-identified species, Siren sphagnicola (common name is the seepage siren), is around 20 cm in total length, making it the smallest known species in the Siren genus.
“Siren sphagnicola has typical Siren characteristics: external gills with three fimbriate gill stalks, three associated gill slits, four toes on the forelimbs, lack of pelvic girdle and hindlimbs, and a thin, pigment-bearing mucus layer that overlies the keratinized skin,” the researchers said.
Sirens are elongate, eel-like aquatic salamanders belonging to the family Sirenidae.
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