Istrian olm
Proteus ikae
The Istrian olm (Proteus ikae) is a species of the olm consisting of several populations found in the deep karst aquifers of the Istrian peninsula. Its lineage was the first among the olm to diverge, beginning around 16 million years ago. It was first described as an individual species by Dušan Jelić, Christophe Dufresnes and Daniel Jablonski in 2026. The Istrian olm population "substantially differs" from others in the genus, featuring an "elongated, narrow snout, limited...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1701169.