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The black olm (Proteus anguinus parkelj), the only known subspecies of olm (Proteus angunius), photographed in its natural environment of a Karstic spring in Bela krajina region of Slovenia. The black olm lives in a roughly 30 sq. kilometer area of this region in Slovenia and hasn't been found anywhere else in the world. It is highly vulnerable due to groundwater polution in the area.

The black olm (Proteus anguinus parkelj), the only known subspecies of olm (Proteus angunius), photographed in its natural environment of a Karstic spring in Bela krajina region of Slovenia. The black olm lives in a roughly 30 sq. kilometer area of this region in Slovenia and hasn't been found anywhere else in the world. It is highly vulnerable due to groundwater polution in the area.