Olm
Proteus anguinus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Proteus anguinus
- Class
- Amphibian
- Order
- Urodela
- Family
- Proteidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Europe
- Habitat
- Rivers and lakes
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- After floods washed olms out of caves, people once took them for the young of dragons.
- It can survive up to about ten years without food thanks to a very slow metabolism.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q15856 · All animals · All entries