The Courtship Behavior of the Santeetlah Dusky Salamander, Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae)
| Autor: | Paul A. Verrell, Esther Maksymovitch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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biology
Courtship display Ecology media_common.quotation_subject Zoology biology.organism_classification Dusky salamander Courtship Desmognathus biology.animal Desmognathus santeetlah Spermatophore Salamander Animal Science and Zoology reproductive and urinary physiology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Caudata media_common |
| Zdroj: | Ethology. 90:236-246 |
| ISSN: | 1439-0310 0179-1613 |
| Popis: | We provide the first description of courtship behavior in the North American salamander Desmognathus santeetlab Tilley from the Great Smoky Mountains. As appears typical for the genus, the courtship of D. santeetlab is comprised of three phases : orientation of the male to the female, persuasion of the female by the male (especially through tactile and olfactory stimulation) and indirect sperm transfer by means of a spermatophore. The female is more likely to remain with the male during the last phase (tail-straddle walk resulting in spermatophore deposition) if the preceding persuasion phase is long in duration. Behavioral elements in the courtship of D. santeetlab are broadly similar to those described in other congeneric species of medium body size |
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