Adult Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii) eating a worm
An adult Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii) eating a worm underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Anne-Claire Fabre
Mammal curator at the Natural History Museum of Bern and leader of the Meta-Morphosis Project.
Adult fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) feeding
An adult fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) eating a cricket, recorded using high-speed video.
Larval alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) feeding
A larval alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) eating a worm underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) feeding
An adult alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Metamorphosis shapes cranial diversity and rate of evolution in salamanders
Reconstructing the cranial evolution of the salamander using geometric morphometric data from 148 species, we demonstrate that life cycle influences cranial shape diversity and rate of evolution.
Salamander cranial landmark data
Geometric morphometric data from 148 salamander species collected from high-resolution 3D scans.
Reconstructed meshes of Italian Fire Salamander crania (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii)
Segmented crania of 40 individual Italian Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii), reconstructed from micro CT scans.
Cranial integration in the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra (Caudata: Salamandridae)
Applying a high-dimensional geometric morphometric approach, we show that size has no significant effect on cranial shape in the Italian fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra giglioli).