Hm, by golly I think you are right.
I'll search for that.
Thanks.
T&T
"Tim Lysyk"  wrote in message
news:vxLQ9.92970$k13.3018091{at}news0.telusplanet.net...
> It looks a mudpuppy, a type of amphibian. They are related to salamanders.
>
> Tim Lysyk
> timlysyk at telus dot net
>
> "T&T"  wrote in message
> news:wYKQ9.202304$Db4.5662554{at}twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> > 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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