Max Mühlenhaupt
@maxmuehlenhaupt.bsky.social
Ph.D.-student in the Behavioural Ecology group @Uni Bielefeld
I'm interested in evolutionary ecology and herpetology and study personality of fire salamanders in my Ph.D.
I'm interested in evolutionary ecology and herpetology and study personality of fire salamanders in my Ph.D.
New preprint out: What kind of husbandry conditions do wild fire salamanders prefer? A question of high relevance given the spread of the deadly fungus Bsal and the need for ex-situ breeding programs.
doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
January 20, 2026 at 9:56 AM
New preprint out: What kind of husbandry conditions do wild fire salamanders prefer? A question of high relevance given the spread of the deadly fungus Bsal and the need for ex-situ breeding programs.
doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
doi.org/10.32942/X2H...
New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?
We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?
Citizen science data reveals widespread sexual dichromatism in the European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Conspicuous color patterns are traditionally believed to advertise the toxicity of prey to potential predators. However, many aposematic species show drastic variation in coloration, indica...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New study out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?
We studied Fire Salamander colouration using data gatehred by citizen scientists. Males have a higher proportion of yellow than females: is this due to mate chaoice or differential predation threat?
We asked if salamanders with more warning coloration are bolder and produce more toxin! Read about it in our @mmoiron.bsky.social preprint "The bright, the bold and the toxic: do coloration, personality, and toxicity represent an integrated phenotype in fire salamanders?" doi.org/10.32942/X24...
June 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We asked if salamanders with more warning coloration are bolder and produce more toxin! Read about it in our @mmoiron.bsky.social preprint "The bright, the bold and the toxic: do coloration, personality, and toxicity represent an integrated phenotype in fire salamanders?" doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Friends, I'm officially starting my bluesky account now in order to share owm and other's science (evolution, ecology and behavior more specifically) here! I'm leaving X (formerly Twitter) and fully migrating to bysky.
Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.
Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.
June 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Friends, I'm officially starting my bluesky account now in order to share owm and other's science (evolution, ecology and behavior more specifically) here! I'm leaving X (formerly Twitter) and fully migrating to bysky.
Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.
Thanks to @mmoiron.bsky.social for giving me the courage to migrate.