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The olm (German: ⓘ) or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander which is the only species in the genus Proteus of the family Proteidae [2] and the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe; the family's other extant genus is Necturus.
The olm (Proteus anguinus) of the western Balkan Peninsula. A cave salamander is a type of salamander that primarily or exclusively inhabits caves, a group that includes several species. Some of these animals have developed special, even extreme, adaptations to their subterranean environments.
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.These are separate from species that mainly live in above-ground habitats but are also able to live underground (eutroglophiles), and species that are only cave visitors (subtroglophiles and trogloxenes). [1]
Many species, such as the olm, have both lungs and gills as adults. [8] A dissected view of the levatores arcuum muscles in a Necturus maculosus specimen. These (shown in the purple circles) move the external gills, as a means of respiration.
Proteidae, is divided into two extant genera, Necturus with five North American species, and Proteus with one extant European species, the olm. A number of extinct genera are known extending back to the end of the Late Cretaceous. Family Proteidae. Genus Necturus. Alabama waterdog (N. alabamensis) Western waterdog (N. beyeri) Neuse River ...
The olm (Proteus anguinus), a typical cave dwelling chordate, endemic of Dinaric Alps. Subterranean fauna refers to animal species that are adapted to live in an underground environment. Troglofauna and stygofauna are the two types of subterranean fauna.
The olm (Proteus anguinus) is a species of amphibian. Olm may also refer to: Ocular larva migrans, an eye disease; Oil life monitor; Olm (encryption protocol) Olm, Luxembourg; OLM (studio), formerly Oriental Light and Magic, a Japanese animation studio; Hans Werner Olm, German comedy artist; The Olms, a musical group made up of Pete Yorn and J ...
The Choranche cave constitutes one of the two sites in France where resides (in captivity) the olm, species of blind salamander adapted to karstic caves. Originally from the caves of the Dinaric Alps of the western Balkans, this species was brought to Choranche as well as to the Clamouse cave as part of a research and project to protect the ...