
Amphibians and Reptiles - Vernon Hills High School
... Giant Salamander lives in Japan and can be up to 5 feet long. Live near water or in moist soil Eat insects and some smaller invertebrates Includes one genus that is shaped like an eel – no legs or pelvis and has gills and lungs ...
... Giant Salamander lives in Japan and can be up to 5 feet long. Live near water or in moist soil Eat insects and some smaller invertebrates Includes one genus that is shaped like an eel – no legs or pelvis and has gills and lungs ...
Proteus mirabilis
... anaerobe. Proteus mirabilis is characterized by its swarming motility, urease activity, its ability to ferment maltose and its inability to ferment lactose. P. mirabilis has the ability to elongate itself and secrete a polysaccharide when in contact with solid surfaces, making it extremely motile on ...
... anaerobe. Proteus mirabilis is characterized by its swarming motility, urease activity, its ability to ferment maltose and its inability to ferment lactose. P. mirabilis has the ability to elongate itself and secrete a polysaccharide when in contact with solid surfaces, making it extremely motile on ...
amphibians
... amphibian, meaning “living two lives,” refers to the fact that most amphibians spend part of their lives in water and part on land. Adult frogs and toads have four legs and no tail. Although there is no real scientific difference between them, frogs are generally considered to be moist-skinned, hopp ...
... amphibian, meaning “living two lives,” refers to the fact that most amphibians spend part of their lives in water and part on land. Adult frogs and toads have four legs and no tail. Although there is no real scientific difference between them, frogs are generally considered to be moist-skinned, hopp ...
Olm

The olm or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, the only cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe. In contrast to most amphibians, it is entirely aquatic; it eats, sleeps, and breeds underwater. Living in caves found in the Dinaric Alps, it is endemic to the waters that flow underground through extensive limestone of karst of Central and Southeastern Europe, specifically southern Slovenia, the Soča river basin near Trieste, Italy, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina.It is also occasionally called the ""human fish"" by locals because of its skin color, similar to that of white people (translated literally from Slovene: človeška ribica and Croatian: čovječja ribica), as well as ""cave salamander"" or ""white salamander"". In Slovenia, it is also known by the name močeril, which translates as ""the one that burrows into wetness"". It was first mentioned in 1689 by the local naturalist Valvasor in his Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, who reported that, after heavy rains, the olms were washed up from the underground waters and made local people believe that they saw a cave dragon's offspring.This animal is most notable for its adaptations to a life of complete darkness in its underground habitat. The olm's eyes are undeveloped, leaving it blind, while its other senses, particularly those of smell and hearing, are acutely developed. It also lacks any pigmentation in its skin. It has three toes on its forelimbs, but only two toes on its hind feet. It also exhibits neoteny, retaining larval characteristics like external gills into adulthood, like the American amphibians, the axolotl and the mudpuppy. The olm is the only species in the Proteus genus, the only European species of the Proteidae family.