A salamander’s toxic arsenal: review of skin poison diversity and function in true salamanders, genus Salamandra

Morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal three discrete primary stages of postembryonic development in the common fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra

(2018) Eugenia Sanchez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

The anuran skin peptide bradykinin mediates its own absorption across epithelial barriers of the digestive tract

(2018) Constantijn Raaymakers et al.   PEPTIDES

The effects of background coloration and dark spots on the risk of predation in poison frog models

(2017) Kathleen Preißler et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Toxins and pharmacologically active compounds from species of the family Bufonidae (Amphibia, Anura)

(2017) Candelario Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

Microbiome-Mediated Biotransformation of Cane Toad Bufagenins

(2017) Venkatanambi Kamalakkannan et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Prodigiosin, Violacein, and Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by Widespread Cutaneous Bacteria of Amphibians Can Inhibit Two Batrachochytrium Fungal Pathogens

(2017) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true salamanders ( Salamandra ) by multiple phylogenomic approaches

(2017) Ariel Rodríguez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Drivers of salamander extirpation mediated by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

(2017) Gwij Stegen et al.   NATURE

Bufadienolides from amphibians: A promising source of anticancer prototypes for radical innovation, apoptosis triggering and Na+/K+-ATPase inhibition

(2017) Lívia Queiroz de Sousa et al.   TOXICON

Salamanders on the bench – A biocompatibility study of salamander skin secretions in cell cultures

(2017) Janek von Byern et al.   TOXICON

Tetrodotoxin in Asian newts (Salamandridae)

(2017) Mari Yotsu-Yamashita et al.   TOXICON

Suspected rat predation on the Near Eastern Fire Salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) by selective consumption of non-toxic tissue

(2017) Nadav Pezaro et al.   ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Antimicrobial peptides in frog poisons constitute a molecular toxin delivery system against predators

(2017) Constantijn Raaymakers et al.   Nature Communications

How the Cobra Got Its Flesh-Eating Venom: Cytotoxicity as a Defensive Innovation and Its Co-Evolution with Hooding, Aposematic Marking, and Spitting

(2017) Nadya Panagides et al.   Toxins

Phylogeographic relationships and shallow mitochondrial divergence of Algerian populations of Salamandra algira

(2016) Khaled Merabet et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Learning about aposematic prey

(2016) John Skelhorn et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Salamandra

(2016) Wouter Beukema et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Colour polymorphism in Salamandra salamandra (Amphibia: Urodela), revealed by a lack of genetic and environmental differentiation between distinct phenotypes

(2016) Wouter Beukema et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of a Poisonous Salamander: a Perspective from Life Stages, Body Parts and Environmental Conditions

(2016) Eugenia Sanchez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Individual fluctuations in toxin levels affect breeding site fidelity in a chemically defended amphibian

(2016) Gary M. Bucciarelli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Amphibian gut microbiota shifts differentially in community structure but converges on habitat-specific predicted functions

(2016) Molly C. Bletz et al.   Nature Communications

Beyond sodefrin: evidence for a multi-component pheromone system in the model newt Cynops pyrrhogaster (Salamandridae)

(2016) Ines Van Bocxlaer et al.   Scientific Reports

Contributions to the functional morphology of caudate skulls: kinetic and akinetic forms

(2016) Nikolay Natchev et al.   PeerJ

First detection of the emerging fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivoransin Germany

(2015) Joana Sabino-Pinto et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Inhibitory bacteria reduce fungi on early life stages of endangered Colorado boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas)

(2015) Jordan G Kueneman et al.   ISME Journal

Are aposematic signals honest? A review

(2015) K. Summers et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Role of density and resource competition in determining aggressive behaviour in salamanders

(2015) R. Manenti et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The diversity and evolution of anuran skin peptides

(2015) Enrico König et al.   PEPTIDES

Larval deposition behaviour and maternal investment of females reflect differential habitat adaptation in a genetically diverging salamander population

(2014) Barbara A. Caspers et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Evolutionary history of a complex adaptation: Tetrodotoxin resistance in salamanders

(2014) Charles T. Hanifin et al.   EVOLUTION

Origin and Diversification of a Salamander Sex Pheromone System

(2014) Sunita Janssenswillen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Nuclear and mitochondrial multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra (Salamandridae)

(2014) Miguel Vences et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Landscape influences on dispersal behaviour: a theoretical model and empirical test using the fire salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata

(2014) Arik Kershenbaum et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interacting Symbionts and Immunity in the Amphibian Skin Mucosome Predict Disease Risk and Probiotic Effectiveness

(2014) Douglas C. Woodhams et al.   PLoS One

Thyroid hormone-dependent adult pigment cell lineage and pattern in zebrafish

(2014) S. K. McMenamin et al.   SCIENCE

Tetrodotoxin: Chemistry, Toxicity, Source, Distribution and Detection

(2014) Vaishali Bane et al.   Toxins

Foraging plasticity favours adaptation to new habitats in fire salamanders

(2013) Raoul Manenti et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis with bioaugmentation: characteristics of effective probiotics and strategies for their selection and use

(2013) Molly C. Bletz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Linking the evolution of habitat choice to ecosystem functioning: direct and indirect effects of pond-reproducing fire salamanders on aquatic-terrestrial subsidies

(2013) Timm Reinhardt et al.   OECOLOGIA

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians

(2013) A. Martel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Preference for the other sex: Olfactory sex recognition in terrestrial fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

(2012) Barbara A. Caspers et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

The Human Microbiome: Our Second Genome

(2012) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

An improved competitive inhibition enzymatic immunoassay method for tetrodotoxin quantification

(2012) Amber N Stokes et al.   BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES ONLINE

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

Genetic drift and rapid evolution of viviparity in insular fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

(2011) G Velo-Antón et al.   HEREDITY

Agents from amphibians with anticancer properties

(2010) Chuang-Xin Lu et al.   ANTI-CANCER DRUGS

Discovery of skin alkaloids in a miniaturized eleutherodactylid frog from Cuba

(2010) A. Rodriguez et al.   Biology Letters

Experiments on Colour-changes of the Spotted Salamander (Salamandra maculosa), conducted in the Society's Gardens

(2010) E. G. Boulenger   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

(2009) Bryan G. Fry et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

The role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in protection of amphibians from pathogens linked to global amphibian declines

(2009) Louise A. Rollins-Smith   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Microbial biotransformation as a source of chemical diversity in cane toad steroid toxins

(2009) R. Andrew Hayes et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

F-series prostaglandin function as sex pheromones in the Korean salamander, Hynobius leechii

(2009) Junho Eom et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The Roles of Antimicrobial Peptides in Innate Host Defense

(2009) Gill Diamond et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Skin microbes on frogs prevent morbidity and mortality caused by a lethal skin fungus

(2009) Reid N Harris et al.   ISME Journal

RAPID COLOR EVOLUTION IN AN APOSEMATIC SPECIES: A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF COLOR VARIATION IN THE STRIKINGLY POLYMORPHIC STRAWBERRY POISON-DART FROG

(2008) Ian J. Wang et al.   EVOLUTION