Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia)

    The lesser siren is the smaller of the two siren species found in North Carolina, the other being the Greater Siren. You can identify siren by its long slender eel like body, with its little forelimbs and exposed gills.

    The lesser siren is an amphibian and a member of the Sirenidae; you can find them in various freshwater systems but often in ditches and narrow creeks. They are aggressive predators and like to feed on small arthropods and gastropods.