Found this little guy! What a beautiful creature those firesalamanders are. 🌱
#amphibians
#amphibians
October 3, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Found this little guy! What a beautiful creature those firesalamanders are. 🌱
#amphibians
#amphibians
This year has been very challenging for our research on #firesalamanders due to the very dry spring we experienced 😢 That’s why we celebrate every drop of rain 🙏🏼🌧️ Nothing like seeing this beauties out again! 😍 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This year has been very challenging for our research on #firesalamanders due to the very dry spring we experienced 😢 That’s why we celebrate every drop of rain 🙏🏼🌧️ Nothing like seeing this beauties out again! 😍 🟡⚫️🦎⚫️🟡 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
So proud of #KristinSzydlik, who did an excellent job in her MSc thesis defence yesterday 🥳🙌🏽 Stay tuned to learn about her findings on #firesalamanders from the Vienna woods! ⚫️🟡🦎🟡⚫️
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So proud of #KristinSzydlik, who did an excellent job in her MSc thesis defence yesterday 🥳🙌🏽 Stay tuned to learn about her findings on #firesalamanders from the Vienna woods! ⚫️🟡🦎🟡⚫️
Biofluorescence Discovered in Fire Salamanders for the First Time #Science #Biology #firesalamanders #biofluorescence #cyangreen #ultravioletlight #newdiscovery
https://purescience.news/read?id=234371496145846272
https://purescience.news/read?id=234371496145846272
Biofluorescence Discovered in Fire Salamanders for the First Time
Researchers have discovered that fire salamanders can produce a striking cyan-green fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet light.
purescience.news
October 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Biofluorescence Discovered in Fire Salamanders for the First Time #Science #Biology #firesalamanders #biofluorescence #cyangreen #ultravioletlight #newdiscovery
https://purescience.news/read?id=234371496145846272
https://purescience.news/read?id=234371496145846272
🐉🔥 Did you know that #firesalamanders have two different reproductive strategies, and that in some regions they freely interbreed?
Find out more in this great new study leaded by Clara #Figueiredo-Vázquez, published on @ecol-evol.bsky.social as part of her PhD!!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Find out more in this great new study leaded by Clara #Figueiredo-Vázquez, published on @ecol-evol.bsky.social as part of her PhD!!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Clinal Variation in Reproductive Modes and Offspring Body Condition Across a Contact Zone of a Bimodal Viviparous Salamander
We examined clinal gradients in reproductive modes and associated offspring body condition across a hybrid zone between two bimodal viviparous subspecies of Salamandra salamandra. We found a clear cl...
doi.org
March 18, 2026 at 9:06 AM
🐉🔥 Did you know that #firesalamanders have two different reproductive strategies, and that in some regions they freely interbreed?
Find out more in this great new study leaded by Clara #Figueiredo-Vázquez, published on @ecol-evol.bsky.social as part of her PhD!!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Find out more in this great new study leaded by Clara #Figueiredo-Vázquez, published on @ecol-evol.bsky.social as part of her PhD!!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
To debut in Bluesky, our latest article published in Herpetology Notes! www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/v...
Small, rich in history, ecologically transformed, and full of #FireSalamanders!! Tambo Island in #Galicia is the true #Dragonstone #HouseOfTheDragon 🔥🐉🔥
Small, rich in history, ecologically transformed, and full of #FireSalamanders!! Tambo Island in #Galicia is the true #Dragonstone #HouseOfTheDragon 🔥🐉🔥
Tambo Island: a small and altered landmass in northwestern Spain with thousands of Salamandra salamandra (Linneaus, 1758)
| Herpetology Notes
www.biotaxa.org
November 18, 2024 at 1:33 PM
To debut in Bluesky, our latest article published in Herpetology Notes! www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/v...
Small, rich in history, ecologically transformed, and full of #FireSalamanders!! Tambo Island in #Galicia is the true #Dragonstone #HouseOfTheDragon 🔥🐉🔥
Small, rich in history, ecologically transformed, and full of #FireSalamanders!! Tambo Island in #Galicia is the true #Dragonstone #HouseOfTheDragon 🔥🐉🔥
New paper on colour & insularity 🏝️🎨in @jzoology.bsky.social using #firesalamanders 🔥🦎🔥
Do island populations tend to become darker? We found reduced colour variation on islands vs the mainland, with effects of body size & sex, but no overall increase in melanism.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Do island populations tend to become darker? We found reduced colour variation on islands vs the mainland, with effects of body size & sex, but no overall increase in melanism.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Melanism in salamanders: effects of insularity, sex and size on dorsal colouration in Salamandra salamandra
In this study we tested the effects of insularity on amphibian colouration using the fire salamander as a model system. Although increased melanism was not a consistent pattern across all islands, sa...
doi.org
June 15, 2026 at 7:15 AM
New paper on colour & insularity 🏝️🎨in @jzoology.bsky.social using #firesalamanders 🔥🦎🔥
Do island populations tend to become darker? We found reduced colour variation on islands vs the mainland, with effects of body size & sex, but no overall increase in melanism.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Do island populations tend to become darker? We found reduced colour variation on islands vs the mainland, with effects of body size & sex, but no overall increase in melanism.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Save the date! Next month, the #BiosphärenparkWienerwald will be hosting the #BiosphärenparkCup & @biobiiana.bsky.social will be there with a stand on #firesalamanders 🟡🦎⚫️ Join us! @carodittrich.bsky.social
📆 24.05
📌Kartäuserplatz 2, 3001 Mauerbach
⏰ 11-16:30
More info 👉 bpww.at/de/veranstal...
📆 24.05
📌Kartäuserplatz 2, 3001 Mauerbach
⏰ 11-16:30
More info 👉 bpww.at/de/veranstal...
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Save the date! Next month, the #BiosphärenparkWienerwald will be hosting the #BiosphärenparkCup & @biobiiana.bsky.social will be there with a stand on #firesalamanders 🟡🦎⚫️ Join us! @carodittrich.bsky.social
📆 24.05
📌Kartäuserplatz 2, 3001 Mauerbach
⏰ 11-16:30
More info 👉 bpww.at/de/veranstal...
📆 24.05
📌Kartäuserplatz 2, 3001 Mauerbach
⏰ 11-16:30
More info 👉 bpww.at/de/veranstal...
Scientists Have Been Studying #FireSalamanders for More Than 250 Years.
They Just Discovered That the Creatures #Glow Under UV Light.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
They Just Discovered That the Creatures #Glow Under UV Light.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
Scientists Have Been Studying Fire Salamanders for More Than 250 Years. They Just Discovered That the Creatures Glow Under UV Light
Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from an external source at one wavelength, then re-emit it at another
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Scientists Have Been Studying #FireSalamanders for More Than 250 Years.
They Just Discovered That the Creatures #Glow Under UV Light.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
They Just Discovered That the Creatures #Glow Under UV Light.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
🦡🐁🔥🐉This new paper by #Velo-Antón and colleagues using #cameratrapping reveals that, contrary to previous assumptions, the European badger does not seem to be as interested in #firesalamanders as the wood mouse is.
This little buddy really enjoys its salamander meals!
This little buddy really enjoys its salamander meals!
doi.org
April 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
🦡🐁🔥🐉This new paper by #Velo-Antón and colleagues using #cameratrapping reveals that, contrary to previous assumptions, the European badger does not seem to be as interested in #firesalamanders as the wood mouse is.
This little buddy really enjoys its salamander meals!
This little buddy really enjoys its salamander meals!