Same but different: aquatic prey capture in paedomorphic and metamorphic Alpine newts

Abstract Paedomorphosis describes the retention of larval characters in adult stages and is widespread amongst salamanders. Salamandrid newts exhibit facultative paedomorphosis, where paedomorphic and metamorphic adult forms coexist in the same population. Previous studies have shown that prey captu...

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Main Authors: Egon Heiss, Julia Grell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Zoological Letters
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-019-0140-4