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#feuersalamander #firesalamander
#amphibians

Modern #imagingtechnologies allow more #fluorescence insights in #vertebrates. B. Burriel-Carranza et al. (2026) show that the #granularglands and #epidermis of the #firesalamander produce different #fluorophores, and that such compounds also circulate via the #bloodstream. Fluorescence may have a #communicative function.

© #StefanFWirth

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251991

#Figure
Potential #ecologicalrelevance of biofluorescence in S. salamandra, by the authors above http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It was always a bit of a tense moment for Jacques, but it just was by far the best hot chocolate you could find.

#MastoArt #gouache #FireSalamander #bee