Olm, or Proteus (Proteus anguinus)
A blind amphibian endemic to the subterranean waters of caves of the Dinaric karst of southern Europe. It lives in the waters that flow underground through this extensive limestone region including waters of the Soča river basin near Trieste in Italy, through to southern Slovenia, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina. It is also occasionally called the “human fish” by locals because of its skin color, similar to that of white people, as well as “cave salamander” or “white salamander.”In Slovenia it is also known by the name močeril, which translates as “the one that burrows into wetness.”
