| Northern dwarf siren | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Sirenidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobranchus |
| Species: | P. striatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobranchus striatus | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Siren striata LeConte, 1824 | |
The northern dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus striatus) is a perennibranch salamander lacking hind legs. Found in the Southeastern United States, it one of two currently recognized species of dwarf sirens. Three subspecies are currently recognized; P. s. striatus, the broad-striped dwarf siren, P. s. lustricolus, the Gulf Hammock dwarf siren, and P. s. spheniscus, the slender dwarf siren.
- ^ LeConte, J. E. (1824). "Description of a new species of Siren, with some observations on animals of a similar nature". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 1: 52–58.
- ^ "Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.