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Published: 18 May 2018 › Updated: 18 May 2018OLM | Proteus anguinus

OLM | Proteus anguinus

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Proteus anguinus is an aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic; it eats, sleeps, and breeds underwater. Living in caves found in the Dinaric Alps, it is endemic to the waters that flow underground through the extensive limestone bedrock of the karst of Central and Southeastern Europe, specifically southern Slovenia, the basin of the Soča River (Italian: Isonzo) near Trieste, Italy, southwestern Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Introduced populations are found near Vicenza, Italy, and Kranj, Slovenia.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/cave-dragons-exist-and-saving-them-could-protect-drinking-water-180963797/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus_anguinus

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