Salamanders - Tumblr Posts
gooo, salamaders, go! eliminate that terrible threat to humankind!
Olm (Proteus anguinus), family Proteidae, far NW Italy
This aquatic salamander is neotenic/paedomorphic (retaining juvenile traits - ie. gills and other aquatic adaptations)
Found only in karst rock cave systems with ample water in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Hercegovina, and far NW Italy.
Also called the "human fish", proteus, and white cave salamander.
Olms are blind, but have excellent sense of smell and hearing (for a salamander).
photograph by Matteo Di Nicola
I wanna go herping so bad
Deathwatch: First Founding
by Michael Phillippi
Guys look at this cool tree i found one time, it's bark is weird looking.
And here's are some snails I found in a pond too
And here's some salamanders as well
