A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake.

aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States

Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders, the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae. They are also known as "congo eels" or "congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations.