Necturus Lewisi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Neuse River Waterdog is a medium-sized Necturus found in rivers of North Carolina. The range of the Neuse River Waterdog is limited to the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico river basins in the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina. N. lewisi has a rusty brown dorsal side with many large, bluish black spots. The ventral side is dark brown to grey and also spotted. The snout is compressed dorsally and truncated. The tail is compressed laterally and ridged. Each hindlimb has four toes, and their gills are dull red and bushy. Sexually active males have sowled cloacae and two enlarged cloacal papillae that point to the rear.