VulnerableSchreiber's Bent-winged Bat
Miniopterus schreibersii
Amphibians · Caudata · Proteidae
Proteus anguinus
At high risk of extinction in the wild over the medium term.
It is the longest-lived amphibian known, with an average life expectancy of 68.5 years. Known as the "human fish" for the pale pink of its skin, it stays larval all its life, external gills and all.
Weight
15 g – 150 g
Size
23 cm – 30 cm
Life expectancy
68 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Estimated population
No reliable global estimate: living in the underground aquifers of the Dinaric karst (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy), its populations are very hard to survey and declines may go unnoticed
Sources consulted: Parkovi Dinarida · Academia.edu (extreme lifespan study) · Dimensions.com · Animal Diversity Web · Royal Society Publishing (Biology Letters extreme lifespan study) · AmphibiaWeb · A-Z Animals · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · IUCN Red List (Vulnerable): distribución fragmentada y limitada con población en descenso continuo por contaminación del agua y alteración del terreno sobre los sistemas kársticos · IUCN Red List, evaluación de Proteus anguinus · EDGE of Existence, Survival Blueprint del olm · AmphibiaWeb, ficha de Proteus anguinus · EDGE of Existence
Best time: All year round, but only in show caves such as Postojna (Slovenia) or in breeding centres: it is Europe's only troglobitic vertebrate and is never seen above ground
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Olm — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
The olm is classified as vulnerable. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
It's documented in 1 protected area — one reason why protecting these places matters for its conservation.
Based on what we already know about olm.
