Скачать или смотреть Ichthyosaura alpestris chewing a chironomid larva

Lateral view of a neotenic Ichthyosaura alpestris (alpine newt) while processing a chironomid larva (lake fly larva). Notice how the jaws are used repeatedly to bite the prey using relatively simple opening and closing movements.

Raw data recorded for "Ontogenetic plasticity in cranial morphology is associated with a change in the food processing behavior in Alpine newts" from Daniel Schwarz, Nicolai Konow, Laura B. Porro and Egon Heiss, published 2020 in Frontiers in Zoology (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00....
Upload for "Form and function of the feeding apparatus of sirenid salamanders (Caudata: Sirenidae): three-dimensional chewing and herbivory?" from Daniel Schwarz and Matthew T. Fedler; Paul Lukas; Alexander Kupfer, published 2021 in Zoologischer Anzeiger ().

Recorded by: Julia Grell
Edited: Daniel Schwarz

Editing software: ImageJ