Cave salamander  (Proteus anguinus)

Range

Found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy and Slovenia (1).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The cave salamander inhabits underground fresh and well-oxygenated water systems in karst formations, where the water temperature is cool (between 6ºC and 12ºC) (3).

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