Plötner, Marcela
Meixner, Martin
Poustka, Albert J.
Grau, José H.
Theusner, Sabrina
Liere, Karsten
Schüllermann, Tino
Doležálková‑Kaštánková, Marie
Choleva, Lukas
Plötner, Jörg
Funding for this research was provided by:
Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
Article History
Received: 14 March 2025
Accepted: 22 January 2026
First Online: 4 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures complied with the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines and the Animal Welfare Act of the Federal Republic of Germany. Animal handling followed the “Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research”, compiled by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), the Herpetologists’ League (HL), and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). Experiments were conducted under the permits RS7/SPN176 and LUGV_RO7-4610/73#81213/2012, approved by the Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz, Brandenburg, Germany.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.