Latest fire salamander research
Newest papers on Salamandra salamandra in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- Functions and mechanisms of niche conformance in fire salamander larvae
Schulte, Laura · Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld) · 2025-01 · open access
Climate change, habitat loss and pathogens are among the main drivers for biodiversity loss in our changing world. This becomes very noticeable in amphibian species, as they are dependent on precipitation and temperature and thus are in particular impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events…
- Microenvironment, reproductive tactics and morphology in Mediterranean Salamandra
Daniel Escoriza, Jihène Ben Hassine · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2025-01
- Amphibian communities facing pathogen threats : understanding the epidemiology of chytridiomycosis in Catalonia
Puig Ribas, Maria · Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) · 2025-01 · open access
- Amphibians in anthropogenic landscapes: threats and opportunities
Lammens, Leni · Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) · 2025-01
- The amphibian collections of the Zoological Museum of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Ihor Shydlovskyy, B. O. Andriishyn, Solomia Susulovska · Geo&Bio · 2024-12 · open access
- Behavioural underpinning of mito-nuclear discordances: insights from fire salamanders.
Chiocchio A, de Rysky E, Carere C et al. · Royal Society open science · 2024-12 · open access
Mito-nuclear discordances across secondary contact zones have been described in a wide range of organisms. They consist of a spatial mismatch between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in terms of location and extension of the contact zone between distinct evolutionary lineages. Despite the…
- Environmental Drivers of Local Demography and Size Plasticity in Fire Salamanders ( Salamandra salamandra ).
Sinsch U · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-10 · open access
Conspecific amphibian populations may vary widely in local demography and average body size throughout their geographical range. The environmental drivers of variation may reflect geographical gradients or local habitat quality. Among fire salamander populations ( Salamandra salamandra ), local…
- Microclimatic Growth Rates of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans under Current and Future Climates: A Very High Spatial Resolution SDM for Bsal and Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) within Forest Habitats of the European Hotspot Area
Felix Deiß, Philipp Ginal, Dennis Rödder · Diversity · 2024-08 · open access
Chytridiomycosis is one of the greatest threats to the diversity of amphibians worldwide. Caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), it plays a decisive role in species declines. Bsal is particularly harmful to the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra),…
- Albinism in a Common Fire Salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus 1758), in Galicia (Spain)
Martín Quintáns Suárez · Reptiles & Amphibians · 2024-08 · open access
- Northernmost Locality Record of the Near Eastern Fire Salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata (Martens, 1885) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in Türkiye
Hatice Özkan, Ufuk Bülbül · Cumhuriyet Science Journal · 2024-06 · open access
- Salamander loss alters montane stream ecosystem functioning and structure through top‐down effects
Alberto Alonso, Jaime Bosch, Javier Pérez et al. · Animal Conservation · 2024-06 · open access
- A methodological workflow for quantitative colouration and colour pattern comparison reveals taxonomic and habitat‐level differences in the polymorphic fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Lucía Alarcón-Ríos, David Álvarez, Guillermo Velo‐Antón · Journal of Zoology · 2024-06 · open access
Abstract The study of colour, including physical properties and patterns, is an essential step in comprehensively understanding the role, evolution and diversification of this trait involved in functions like survival, performance, reproductive success and communication. While quantitative studies…
- Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a mediterranean landscape
Pinto T, Santos SM, Mira A et al. · Biodiversity and conservation · 2024-06
- Matrotrophy and polyandry partially regulate postcopulatory mechanisms and sexual selection in a bimodal viviparous salamander
Lucía Alarcón-Ríos, Guillermo Velo‐Antón · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2024-05 · open access
- The Role of Experience in the Visual and Non-Visual Prey Recognition of Fire Salamander Populations from Caves and Streams
Hayes Hoover, Raoul Manenti, Andrea Melotto · Diversity · 2024-05 · open access
The study of foraging behaviour is crucial for understanding several ecological and adaptive processes, as well as for developing conservation measures. While extensive research has been completed on birds and mammals, few studies have been conducted on the learning capabilities of amphibians,…
- When aposematism is not enough: Exotic Rattus rattus shows no mercy for carcasses of Salamandra salamandra in insular populations.
Velo-Antón G · Ecology and evolution · 2024-05 · open access
Predator-prey interaction is a major force driving natural selection. Yet, the identification of species preying on, or consuming, aposematic species is largely unknown. Here, I conduct a study evaluating the role of the exotic Rattus rattus as a consumer and possible predator of the aposematic and…
- Variability of Seasonal Trophic Niche in Two Sympatric Salamanders: Italian Cave Salamanders and Fire Salamanders
Fabio Cianferoni, Milos Di Gregorio, Claudia Corti et al. · Herpetologica · 2024-05
- Urban Life Affects Differentiation and Phenotypic Variation but not Asymmetry in a Fully Terrestrial Salamander
Lucía Alarcón-Ríos, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, David Álvarez et al. · Evolutionary Biology · 2024-04 · open access
Abstract The environmental transformations associated with cities are expected to affect organisms at the demographic, phenotypic, and evolutionary level, often negatively. The prompt detection of stressed populations before their viability is compromised is essential to understand species’…
- Using the dead to infer about the living: Amphibian roadkill spatiotemporal dynamics suggest local populations' reduction.
Pinto T, Sillero N, Mira A et al. · The Science of the total environment · 2024-04
- New Data on the Larval Stages of Leptophallus nigrovenosus (Digenea, Plagiorchiata).
Poonlaphdecha S, Ribas A, Martínez-Silvestre A et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024-04 · open access
(1) Background: Leptophallus nigrovenosus , an esophageal parasite that primarily affects water snakes of the genus Natrix , has a known life cycle that involves snail and amphibian hosts. However, the biological aspects, chaetotaxic patterns, and pathogeny of this parasite in its hosts have not…
- Performance of different automatic photographic identification software for larvae and adults of the European fire salamander.
Schulte L, Faul C, Oswald P et al. · PloS one · 2024-04 · open access
For many species, population sizes are unknown despite their importance for conservation. For population size estimation, capture-mark-recapture (CMR) studies are often used, which include the necessity to identify each individual, mostly through individual markings or genetic characters. Invasive…
- Stress response of fire salamander larvae differs between habitat types.
Schulte L, Oswald P, Mühlenhaupt M et al. · Royal Society open science · 2024-04 · open access
The larvae of the European fire salamander ( Salamandra salamandra ) can inhabit two different habitats: streams and ponds. Streams are characterized by lower predation risks and higher food availability. Thus, ponds are considered a less suitable habitat. To investigate the differential impacts of…
- Tonic immobility behaviour does not differ between fire salamander larvae from ponds and streams.
Schulte L, Caspers BA · Ecology and evolution · 2024-04 · open access
Tonic immobility is an antipredator defence in which the prey animal remains motionless after physical contact with the predator, pretending to be dead. This behaviour has been observed among a variety of taxa but has received only little attention in amphibian larvae. During our field studies with…
- The Source of Melanocytes in Ortho- and Heterotopic Tail Regenerates of Axolotls and the Dependence of the Regenerative Response on the Presence of Neural Tissue
Günter Clemen, Uwe Kierdorf, Michael Hermes et al. · Anatomia · 2024-02 · open access
We studied the regeneration of orthotopic and heterotopic tails in larval axolotls. First, we analyzed tail regeneration following reciprocal exchange of cuffs of tail integument between dark-colored (wild-type) and yellow-colored (hybrid) larval animals. Second, we studied tail regeneration in…
- Differences in Ecological and Genetic Adaptations between Salamandra infraimmaculata and Ommatotriton vittatus
Gad Degani · Open Journal of Animal Sciences · 2024-01 · open access
Israel is home to two species of amphibians belonging to distinct genera: Salamandra and Ommatotriton. They inhabit various regions, sometimes coexisting and in other instances dwelling separately across different areas, making their segregation challenging. This study compares the biological,…
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