Olm
People once believed that olms were young cave dragons. This is because heavy rain sometimes caused them to wash out of their subterranean homes. Olms spend their whole life in caves, underwater and in total darkness – they are true ‘troglobites’. Unlike most amphibians they are blind (but can sense light) and adults still have external gills.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 112/1982/273
- Collection Class
- Amphibians
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Leadley-Brown, Mrs Alison
- Common Name
- olm
- Simple Name
- amphibian
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
