Iberian ribbed newts

Andrew M M Matheson; Nicholas J Chua; Maria Antonietta Tosches

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.062

Iberian ribbed newts

Curr Biol. 2025 Jan 20;35(2):R49-R51. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.062.

Authors

Andrew M M Matheson¹, Nicholas J Chua², Maria Antonietta Tosches³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39837267
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.062

Abstract

Matheson et al. introduce the Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl), a species of salamander that lives some of its adult life on land and some in water, requiring remarkable physiological and behavioral plasticity to adapt to these very different environments.

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Behavior, Animal / physiology
Pleurodeles* / physiology