Family

Proteidae

3 species · Animals

🔍 How to identify Proteidae →
Animalia › Chordata › Amphibia › Caudata › Proteidae
Olm

Olm

Proteus anguinus Laurenti, 1768

Proteus anguinus, the olm, is an exclusively cave-dwelling aquatic neotenic salamander endemic to karst underground waters of Central and Southeastern Europe.
Common Mudpuppy

Common Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Necturus maculosus, the common mudpuppy, is a fully aquatic paedomorphic salamander native to eastern North America.
Gulf Coast Waterdog

Gulf Coast Waterdog

Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937

Necturus beyeri is a neotenic aquatic salamander that lives in sandy-bottomed streams and shows distinct sexual size dimorphism.

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