Enjoy the news Issue of Amphibia-Reptilia 🐸🐍🐊🦎 brought to you by @seh-herpetology.bsky.social Full of interesting new studies spanning #behavioural #ecology, #evolution and #conservation! brill.com/view/journal...

Wendel van der Sluis@wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 3w ago

🦎🐸 A new issue of Amphibia-Reptilia is out! Vol. 47, No. 2 explores amphibian and reptile ecology, behaviour, evolution, conservation and innovative monitoring methods. Highlights include mesocosms, deep learning, AI-assisted photo ID and predator-induced colouration. 1/2 @carodittrich.bsky.social

🌿 What determines where hybrid zones form? New research on #AmphibiaReptilia shows that hybrid zones between closely related newts and fire-bellied toads in central Croatia are shaped more by forest cover than by elevation. 1/3 @carodittrich.bsky.social @seh-herpetology.bsky.social

We do an awful lot of looooong video recordings in our lab and have long wanted an easy way to clip, compress and combine videos for our workflows. So here's #croppy! 🦀 I hope others will find it useful too - I'd love to hear if you do! And would appreciate if you give it a star on Github! 🌟

Daniela Rößler@roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · last mo.

Our postdoc @roald-arboel.com made a thing! #Croppy is #free and awesome for fast and effective #video #editing and it has a #GUI! Need to crop a part of a video? Need to trim a video? Need to combine videos? Need to compress a video? roald-arboel.com/croppy/

🧪 Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS

Morphological evolution can be explosive, producing visually spectacular adaptive radiations like Caribbean anoles, Malagasy vangas, and African Ri...

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Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Together with @stacheljochen.bsky.social, we finally solved the mystery of striped grass snakes in Berlin. #Natrix 🐍 Find our #NewPaper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How many non-native terrapins do occur in Germany? 👉 14 🐢What predicts species diversity and abundance the best? 👉 Human presence! 🏙️🐢 See post below 👇 #turtle #CitizenScience 👩‍🔬🌍🦤

Frederic Griesbaum@fg-wild.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For the first time, we published an overview on alien turtle species in Germany. 🐢 @neobiota.pensoft.net Combining #CitizenScience data with data of local authorities, we found 14 species to be introduced to the wild. @sgn.one @mfnberlin.bsky.social neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1786...

Fire salamander and the Apennine fire salamander feature on the cover of the new 2026 issue of Amphibia-Reptilia. This issue includes articles on the Anji & fire #Salamanders, dice #Snakes, yellow-bellied #Toads & island #Lizards. @carodittrich.bsky.social

Additional contributions explore crested #Newts, Italian wall lizards, coral snakes & conservation-focused studies supported by SEH grants, including work on amphibians in Tatra National Park and the Milos #Viper. The full issue is available here: brill.com/view/journal...

4 days left to apply! 🐸🧪🍄🦠

María cortazar-chinarro@cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A new phD position in my lab about amphibian, infection diseases in a global changing world. Check it out! And spread the word ;)

Super proud of @stancaf.bsky.social and @shubhamsoni.bsky.social for having led this important Natural History study. Surely you have heard about arboreal 🐍, but did you ever imagine them to dive to hunt for tadpoles in treeholes?! You're welcome! 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @klivvvienna.bsky.social

Happy that the Societas Europaea Herpetologica is now represented here @seh-herpetology.bsky.social Follow for herpetology related scientific and non-scientific content, news and announcements from the #European #Herpetology Society 🐸🐍🦎🐊🐢🧪🌍 #Conservation #SciComm #Ecology

Thats the other winner of the @seh-herpetology.bsky.social #SEH #conservation grant! Congratulations to both projects. Congratulations to both projects! Looking forward to seeing what they discover 🐸⛰️!

Wendel van der Sluis@wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎉 Huge congratulations to Maciej Białoskórski on receiving the 2026 @seh-herpetology.bsky.social (SEH) Grant (up to €5,000)! His project will study recent changes in the altitudinal distribution of #Amphibians in Tatra National Park, Southern #Poland. @carodittrich.bsky.social

One of two grants from #SEH, the European Herpetological Society, to support conservation projects! 🐍🏝️

Wendel van der Sluis@wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Found only on Milos, Kimolos, Polyaigos, and Sifnos, this emblematic endangered snake faces growing threats. The project will map populations, assess threats & deliver a conservation roadmap. Read more: doi.org/10.1163/1568... @carodittrich.bsky.social

Have a look at this great #PhD opportunity on Road Ecology at Aarhus University, Denmark 👇 Timely topic, and a great supervisor! 📅DL: 30.04 phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican... (📸: coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/p...)

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision

Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.

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🐸 🧪🍄🌎New Preprint alert! Our study on how habitat disturbance + deadly fungus (Bd) mess with the skin bacteria of Amazonian poison frogs (Dendrobates tinctorius). 🔗 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #Conservation #Microbiome #MolBiol #evobio @biobiiana.bsky.social @f-hoelzl.bsky.social #LiaSchlippe

New study on common frogs 🐸 reveals how they balance energy demands🔋 and thermoregulation 🌡️ in a changing climate. Lab experiments show their metabolic rate doubles every 10°C rise, and they prefer ~25°C—close to their critical max of 30°C. 🧪👩‍🔬 doi.org/10.1016/j.cb...

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse. Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors. 📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

📢 New preprint out! tl;dr: Publish your code, add clear README's! 138 participants assessed data & code archiving practices across 1861 papers published at 7 @britishecologicalsociety.org journals, identified gaps & offered recommendations for improvement 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X26...

The importance of early life stages⚠️ and why we need more research on them! See this new study by @patricepottier.bsky.social, @kruthsatz.bsky.social and colleagues

Conservation Physiology@conphysjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Early life stages have been hypothesised to be particularly vulnerable to environmental stressors. This new study highlights a shortage of research into embryos in the #ConPhys field and calls for more research into early life stages 🪺 🐦‍⬛ ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/conp... #Ontogony #DevelopmentalBio

What happens when closely related species meet but stay distinct? 🦎🧬 A new #OpenAccess study maps the narrow hybrid zone between Danube & Italian crested newts, showing strong selection against hybrids & a cautionary tale about mtDNA quirks 🔍 🔓 brill.com/view/journal...

🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!

Please contact me if you want to be nominated for a postdoc via this scheme - you need to live outside of Canada and I need to do so by 9 Feb (and need to start by March 2027) - www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-... (I think you do need to have a competitive CV etc) Please email me if you are interested

Formatted version out at last! “Defensive colouration is not a reliable indicator of 🍄 infection in aposematic poison 🐸” academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... @klivvvienna.bsky.social @behavecol.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🔬🧪

Defensive coloration is not a reliable indicator of fungal infection in aposematic poison frogs

Bright warning colors in animals often signal danger to predators and are thought to reflect health. But do these colors change when individuals are infect

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Caro Dittrich@carodittrich.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📣 New paper out! We explored how fungal infection 🍄 affects the bright warning colours of wild poison frogs 🐸. Neither melanin nor carotenoid colouration reliably signals infection status. Defensive signals may remain consistent even under pathogen pressure 👩‍🔬🧪 Thread from @biobiiana.bsky.social 👇

We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution

Department of Zoology  at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio

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Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas. Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...

Only a few weeks left to apply for our 4-year PhD position, using human brain organoids & multi-omic methods to study genes implicated in speech disorders. Application deadline 5 Jan 2026. Fellowship is embedded in the International Max Planck Research School. More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...