What is Olm?
{{Taxobox | name = Olm | image =Proteus_anguinus_Postojnska_Jama_Slovenija.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Olms in [[Postojna Cave]], [[Slovenia]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | subclassis = [[Lissamphibia]] | ordo = [[Salamander|Caudata]] | familia = [[Proteidae]] | genus = '''''Proteus''''' | species = '''''P. anguinus''''' | binomial = ''Proteus anguinus'' | binomial_authority = [[Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768 | subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]] | subdivision = <center> * ''Proteus anguinus anguinus'' <small>[[Joseph Nicolai Laurenti|Laurenti]], 1768</small> * ''Proteus anguinus parkelj'' <small>[[Boris Sket|Sket]] & Arntzen, 1994</small> </center> }} The '''olm''' or '''proteus''' (''Proteus anguinus'') is an [[amphibian]], native to the underground waters of the Dinaric [[karst]] that flow through the Soča river basin near [[Trieste]] in [[Italy]], through to southern [[Slovenia]], southwestern [[Croatia]], and [[Herzegovina]]. It is the only species in the [[genus]] ''Proteus'', the only European species of the family [[Proteidae]], and the only [[Europe]]an cave-dwelling [[chordate]]. It is also called the human fish or humanfish, because of its human-like skin (translated literally from [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]: ''Človeška ribica'' and [[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Čovječja ribica''), Cave [[Salamander]], or White Salamander. {{wikispecies|Proteus anguinus}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Amphibians]]