It looks a mudpuppy, a type of amphibian. They are related to salamanders.

Tim Lysyk
timlysyk at telus dot net

"T&T"  wrote in message
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> Greetings.  I'm not a regular poster to this ng, and I hope you don't mind
> my butting in.
> I'd like opinions about an eel that I found.
> This eel wound up in a large puddle of water after a near flooding
downpour
> the night before.  We live virtually on the edge of a swampy area and the
> eel must have been washed out somehow.
> It is unlike any eels that I've found either online or in my own reference
> or seen with my own eyes.  The pictures aren't very good, but they show
the
> square nose characteristic of the eel.  What the pictures don't show is
that
> the creature has feet which are only about an inch long and very
> underdeveloped in appearance.  I'm not sure what the gill like things are
> that are visable in the picture. The eel didn't look that way out of the
> water.  I assume they are gills as I never see it come to the surface for
> air.  I've currently got it in a 50 gal. plastic drum half full of
> rainwater.
> I have no intentions of keeping it and will soon release it, but I'd sure
> like to know what it is.
> I'd appreciate any helpful replies.
> Happy new year.
> Tom
> http://www.geocities.com/fidormula/eel1.jpg
> http://www.geocities.com/fidormula/eel2.jpg
> http://www.geocities.com/fidormula/eel3.jpg
> http://www.geocities.com/fidormula/eel4.jpg
>
>
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