Siren intermedia (Lesser Siren)

LESSER SIREN Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826   

      STATUS:  Uncommon

      LOCALITIES OBSERVED:  Collin Co.:  N end of Lake Lavon;  Dallas Co.:  White Rock Lake;  Denton Co.:  1.0 mi N Denton and 1.0 mi E US 377 on FM 428;  Kaufman Co.:  E of Kaufman;  Rockwall Co.:   NE Lake Ray Hubbard;  Tarrant Co.:  Fort Worth Nature Center at Lake Worth 

      DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Tarrant 

      HABITAT:  Both streams and lakes of the Trinity River Bottoms and Post Oak Belt.

      SUBSPECIES:  Western Lesser Siren (S. i. nettingi Goin, 1942)

      COMMENTS:  White Rock Lake and Lake Worth (Dial and Smith, 1964) are historical records.  Current data are needed to verify the existence of the lesser siren in these lakes.  Extensive work is needed on this particular species.