Proteus Laurenti 1768 (Old World blind cave salamander)
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Parent taxon: Proteidae according to D. G. DeMar 2013
See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1981, Frank and Ramus 1996 and Naylor 1978
Sister taxa: Euronecturus, Mioproteus, Necturus, Orthophyia, Paranecturus
Subtaxa: Proteus anguinus Proteus bavaricus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proteus in the database
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