Proteus Laurenti, 1768
Proteus Laurenti, 1768, Spec. Med. Exhib. Synops. Rept.: 35. Type species: Proteus anguinus Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation of Stejneger, 1936, Copeia, 1936: 135.
Protaeus — Oppel, 1811, Ordn. Fam. Gatt. Rept.: 74. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Larvarius Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse Nat.: 78. Substitute name for Proteus Laurenti, 1768. Synonymy by Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 65.
Platyrhynchus Leuckart, 1816, Dissert. Inaug. Equo Bisulco Molinie: viii. Substitute name for Proteus Laurenti, 1768. Synonymy by Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 65.
Hypochthon Merrem, 1820, Tent. Syst. Amph.: 188. Type species: Hypochthon laurentii Merrem, 1820, by monotypy. Synonymy by Schinz, 1822, Thierr. Naturgesch., 2: 187; Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amph.: 209; Cuvier, 1831, Animal Kingdom (M'Murtrie), 2: 89; Wiegmann, 1832, in Wiegmann and Ruthe (eds.), Handbuch der Zool., Amph.: 204; and Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 97 (with Proteus under Hypochthon); Leunis, 1860, Synops. Drei Naturr., Zool., Ed. 2: 148; Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 65; Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 183; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 84.
Caledon Goldfuss, 1820, Handb. Zool., 2: 127. Substitute name for Proteus Laurenti, 1768. Synonymy by Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 183.
Apneumona Fleming, 1822, Philos. Zool., 2: 303. Substitute name for Proteus Laurenti, 1768.
Cordylus Wagler, 1828, Isis von Oken, 21: 859. Replacement name for Proteus. Junior homonym of Cordylus Laurenti, 1768.
Hypochton — Cuvier, 1829, Regne Animal., Ed. 2, 2: 119. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hydochthon — Gray, 1831, in Cuvier, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9—Appendix: 108. Lapsus for Hypochthon.
Hemitriton Van der Hoeven, 1833, Handb. Dierkd., 2: 305. Type species: Proteus anguinus Laurenti, 1758, by subsequent designation of Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2009, Alytes, 26: 51.
Catedon — Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 185. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Caledon Goldfuss, 1820.
English Names
Olms (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34).
Distribution
Adriatic seaboard, as far north as Istrian region and as far south as Montenegro; isolated population in northeastern Italy.
Comment
See discussion of relevant literature and distribution by Durand, 1997, in Gasc et al. (eds.), Atlas Amph. Rept. Eur.: 50-51.
Contained taxa
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