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Proteus (Old World blind cave salamander)
Taxonomy
Proteus was named by Laurenti (1768). It is extant.
It was assigned to Proteidae by Naylor (1978), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and DeMar (2013).
It was assigned to Proteidae by Naylor (1978), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996) and DeMar (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1768 | Proteus Laurenti |
| 1978 | Proteus Naylor p. 568 |
| 1981 | Proteus Estes |
| 1988 | Proteus Carroll |
| 1996 | Proteus Frank and Ramus |
| 2013 | Proteus DeMar, Jr. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Proteus Laurenti 1768 [Old World blind cave salamander]
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Proteus anguinus Laurenti 1768 [olm]
†Proteus bavaricus Brunner 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available