ArticleScientific reports2016
Phenotypic flexibility of gape anatomy fine-tunes the aquatic prey-capture system of newts.
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- The impact of metamorphosis and size on the aquatic feeding kinematics of the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830).Biology open · 2026Article
- Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem-amphibian Mastodonsaurus: A case study for early tetrapods.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- The impact of size and ontogeny on suction feeding kinematics in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).Biology open · 2025Article
- The anatomy and feeding mechanism of the Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus).Journal of anatomy · 2024Article
- Same but different: aquatic prey capture in paedomorphic and metamorphic Alpine newts.Zoological letters · 2019Article
- Hydrodynamic performance of suction feeding is virtually unaffected by variation in the shape of the posterior region of the pharynx in fish.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
- Terrestrial capture of prey by the reedfish, a model species for stem tetrapods.Ecology and evolution · 2017Article
- A tongue for all seasons: extreme phenotypic flexibility in salamandrid newts.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Dining dichotomy: aquatic and terrestrial prey capture behavior in the Himalayan newt Tylototriton verrucosus.Biology open · 2016Article
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Abstract
A unique example of phenotypic flexibility of the oral apparatus is present in newts (Salamandridae) that seasonally change between an aquatic and a terrestrial habitat. Newts grow flaps of skin between their upper and lower jaws, the labial lobes, to partly close the corners of the mouth when they adopt an aquatic lifestyle during their breeding season. Using hydrodynamic simulations based on μCT-scans and cranial kinematics during prey-capture in the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), we showed that this phenotypic flexibility is an adaptive solution to improve aquatic feeding performance: both suction distance and suction force increase by approximately 15% due to the labial lobes. As the subsequent freeing of the corners of the mouth by resorption of the labial lobes is assumed beneficial for the terrestrial capture of prey by the tongue, this flexibility of the mouth fine-tunes the process of capturing prey throughout the seasonal switching between water and land.
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