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Salamandra salamandra gallaica

Salamandra salamandra gallaica Three specimens observed between 13-15 November 2015 in Sorieira, Ourém, Portugal. 39°41'N, 8°30'W GPS coordinates do not include seconds in order to protect the exact location. Biotope: Private garden with wall made of large loose stones, thus providing many gaps for shelter. Weather: Cool and wet foggy nights, cool sunny days (soil and litter remain wet all morning). Observer: Ph. G. de Mendonça, MSc, PhD.

Fig. 3 in Distribution range expansion of Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Anatolia, Turkey, with a new locality record

Fig. 3. Predicted distribution of Salamandra infraimmaculata under current climatic conditions. Warm colors (red and yellow) show suitable habitats, whereas the blue color represents unsuitable habitats for S. infraimmaculata.

Fig. 2 in Distribution range expansion of Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Anatolia, Turkey, with a new locality record

Fig. 2. Distribution patterns of Salamandra infraimmaculata throughout southern Anatolia together with the new locality record.

Fig. 1 in Distribution range expansion of Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Anatolia, Turkey, with a new locality record

Fig. 1. Samples of Salamandra infraimmaculata captured from the new locality: (A) male and (B) female.

Fig. 4 in Distribution range expansion of Salamandra infraimmaculata Martens, 1885 (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Anatolia, Turkey, with a new locality record

Fig. 4. The marginal response curves of S. infraimmaculata to (A) Minimum Temperature of Coldest Month (Bio6), (B) Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter (Bio8), and (C) Precipitation of Warmest Quarter (Bio18). The red lines and blue shading respectively show the mean responses of the 30 replicate MaxEnt runs and the mean plus/minus one standard deviation.

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Fig. 1 in Two Records of large specimens of Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Amphibia: Caudata) in Bulgaria

Fig. 1. The observed adult female specimens of Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) and their microhabitats. A&B – Chetirka River, 24.02.2015; C&D – Sheytanski Andak Stream, 03.03.2015.

Figs 4, 5 in Dependencia térmica de la salamandra endémica de Colombia Bolitoglossa ramosi (Caudata, Plethodontidae)

Figs 4, 5. RelaciÓn entre la temperatura corporal y: Fig. 4, la longitud corporal, Fig. 5, la masa corporal de la salamandra Bolitoglossa ramosi Brame & Wake, 1972.

Fig. 1 in Dependencia térmica de la salamandra endémica de Colombia Bolitoglossa ramosi (Caudata, Plethodontidae)

Fig. 1. ComparaciÓn entre la temperatura cloacal y la temperatura corporal en Bolitoglossa ramosi Brame & Wake, 1972.

Figs. 2, 3 in Dependencia térmica de la salamandra endémica de Colombia Bolitoglossa ramosi (Caudata, Plethodontidae)

Figs. 2, 3. RelaciÓn entre la temperatura corporal y la temperatura: Fig. 2, del sustrato; Fig. 3, del aire en la salamandra Bolitoglossa ramosi Brame & Wake, 1972.

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Linked collectors and determiners for: Colección de Salamandras Museo de La Salle Bogotá (MLS).

Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Colección de Salamandras Museo de La Salle Bogotá (MLS)". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/027c10bb-9fab-4236-982f-224d0f749c49">https://bionomia.net/dataset/027c10bb-9fab-4236-982f-224d0f749c49</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/027c10bb-9fab-4236-982f-224d0f749c49">https://gbif.org/dataset/027c10bb-9fab-4236-982f-224d0f749c49</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.

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Supplementary Material 7 including Salamandra salamandra occurrence data, topographic, geological and land cover data and node-based resistances

Supplementary material for the article "Habitat connectivity supports the local abundance of fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) but also the spread of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans" by Bolte et al. (2023) published in Landscape Ecology (DOI: 10.1007/s10980-023-01636-8) This folder comprises a .shp file with fire salamander occurrences, topographic and land cover data (GeoTiff) from the northern Eifel region as well as the R Code used for the statistical analysis of salamander habitat suitability and connectivity.

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Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Most swamp-dwelling dusky salamanders of the genus Desmognathus from the Coastal Plain were long treated as a single species (Desmognathus auriculatus) ranging from east Texas to southeastern Virginia. This taxon concept was based on the name Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838 with type locality Riceboro, Liberty County, Georgia and a type series that could not be located by later authors. Recent workers have been unable to locate or verify swamp-dwelling populations from east Texas and western Louisiana, which appear to be extirpated and may not have represented a distinct taxon from co-occurring lineages of D. conanti. Recent molecular phylogenies have supported at least four distinct species-level taxa within D. auriculatus. Populations from the Gulf Coastal Plain in eastern Louisiana, Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama were recently described as D. valentinei Means, Lamb, and Bernardo, 2017 and D. pascagoula Pyron, O'Connell, Lamb, and Beamer, 2022. This leaves two remaining species-level lineages with uncertain taxonomy and nomenclature: D. auriculatus A (Alabama, Florida, and Georgia), and D. auriculatus B/C (Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina), both of which occur near the type locality. We recently located a specimen at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris (MNHN 0.4675) that we concluded is one of Holbrook's syntypes and designated it as the lectotype, but without allocation. Here, we use linear morphometrics to confidently allocate it to D. auriculatus A, bolstered by examination of three historical topotypic collections. This requires a new name for D. auriculatus B/C, which we describe as D. valtos sp. nov. (suggested common name: Carolina Swamp Dusky Salamander) from Otter Creek, Craven County, North Carolina. Other related and sympatric species of Desmognathus remain to be described from the Atlantic Coastal Plain and adjacent Piedmont of the southeastern United States.

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Data from: Lower jaw modularity in the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) and Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii)

Modularity describes the degree to which the components of complex phenotypes vary semi-autonomously due to developmental, genetic, and functional correlations. This is a key feature underlying the potential for evolvability, as it can allow individual components to respond to different selective pressures semi-independently. The vertebrate lower jaw has become a model anatomical system for understanding modularity, but to date, most of this work has focused on the mandible of mammals and other amniotes. In contrast, modularity in the mandible of lissamphibians has been less well-studied. Here, we used geometric morphometrics to quantify the static (intraspecific) modularity patterns in Xenopus laevis and Salamandra salamandra gigliolii. We tested developmental and functional hypotheses of modularity and demonstrate that both species exhibit significant modularity. Functional modularity was supported in Xenopus, yet the lack of definitive support for both the developmental and functional hypotheses in Salamandra suggests influences on modularity are much more complex. Allometry has a small yet significant impact on lower jaw shape in both taxa and sex has a significant effect on shape in Xenopus. The high modularity seen in both species mimics the results of other studies on the amphibian cranium, suggesting that modularity is a ubiquitous feature of the tetrapod jaw.

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Data from: Lower jaw modularity in the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) and Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii)

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Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

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Data from: Sex-specific estimates of dispersal show female philopatry and male dispersal in a promiscuous amphibian, the alpine salamander (Salamandra atra)

Amphibians display wide variations in life-history traits and life cycles that should prove useful to explore the evolution of sex-biased dispersal, but quantitative data on sex-specific dispersal patterns are scarce. Here we focused on Salamandra atra, an endemic alpine species showing peculiar life-history traits. Strictly terrestrial and viviparous, the species has a promiscuous mating system and females reproduce only every three to four years. In the present study, we provide quantitative estimates of asymmetries in male vs female dispersal using both field-based (mark-recapture) and genetic approaches (detection of sex-biased dispersal and estimates of migration rates based on the contrast in genetic structure across sexes and age classes). Our results revealed a high level of gene flow among populations, which stems exclusively from male dispersal. We hypothesize that philopatric females benefit from being familiar with their natal area for the acquisition and defence of an appropriate shelter, while male dispersal has been secondarily favoured by inbreeding avoidance. Together with other studies on amphibians, our results indicate that a species' mating system alone is a poor predictor of sex-linked differences in dispersal, in particular for promiscuous species. Further studies should focus more directly on the proximate forces that favour or limit dispersal to refine our understanding of the evolution of sex-biased dispersal in animals.

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FIGURE 5 in Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

FIGURE 5. Comparative specimen (AMNH A-193891/RAP2303) of Desmognathus valtos. Specimen is a large adult (62.4 mm SVL) showing the same diagnostic features as the holotype, with very prominent reddish or orangish wash or stripe on the dorsal surface and very indistinct margins on the tail.

FIGURE 6 in Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

FIGURE 6. Comparative specimen (AMNH A-193890/RAP2297) of Desmognathus valtos. Specimen is transformed juvenile (17.2 mm SVL) with remnants of gill nubs, showing general approximation of the adult color pattern. This specimen exhibited substantial metachrosis after capture and rapid fading in preservative; in life, it exhibited more prominent differentiation of lateral, dorsal, and ventral surfaces and a bolder stripe on the dorsal surface of the tail.

FIGURE 4 in Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

FIGURE 4. Paratype (AMNH A-193889/RAP2294) of Desmognathus valtos. Specimen is a small adult (41.2 mm SVL) showing the same diagnostic features as the holotype, with more prominent dorsal color-pattern and lateral white flecking or speckling that is characteristic of younger individuals, with the latter extending noticeably onto the dorsal surfaces.

FIGURE 3 in Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain

FIGURE 3. Paratype (NCSM 108360/RAP2289) of Desmognathus valtos. Specimen is a juvenile or small adult (32.1 mm SVL) showing the same diagnostic features as the holotype, with more prominent dorsal color-pattern and lateral white flecking that is characteristic of younger individuals.