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Max Mühlenhaupt

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Ph.D.-student in the Behavioural Ecology group @Uni Bielefeld I'm interested in evolutionary ecology and herpetology and study personality of fire salamanders in my Ph.D.

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Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - BMC Ecology and Evolution Background Conspicuous color patterns are traditionally believed to advertise the toxicity of prey to potential predators. However, many aposematic species show drastic variation in coloration, indica...

New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?

14.11.2025 09:16 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
A fire salamander perching on a road.

A fire salamander perching on a road.

We asked if salamanders with more warning coloration are bolder and produce more toxin! Read about it in our @mmoiron.bsky.social preprint "The bright, the bold and the toxic: do coloration, personality, and toxicity represent an integrated phenotype in fire salamanders?" doi.org/10.32942/X24...

16.06.2025 17:50 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Stay tuned for posts on recent preprints!

07.06.2025 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Friends, I'm officially starting my bluesky account now in order to share owm and other's science (evolution, ecology and behavior more specifically) here! I'm leaving X (formerly Twitter) and fully migrating to bysky.
Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.

07.06.2025 15:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

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