Presenting at the Biology Meeting in February 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland
We presented our research at the Biology 23 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland - the largest conference of organismic biology in Switzerland!
Anne-Claire Fabre
Mammal curator at the Natural History Museum of Bern and leader of the Meta-Morphosis Project.
Adult yellow spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) feeding
An adult yellow spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) feeding above water, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) feeding
An adult Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Larval Macedonian crested newt (Triiturus macedonicus) feeding
A larval Macedonian crested newt (Triiturus macedonicus) swallows some food underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
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.
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.
