Courtship behavior of the Cumberland Plateau woodland salamander, Plethodon kentucki (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), with a review of courtship in the genus Plethodon

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-303

  Marvin, Glenn A ^a   Hutchison, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; PLETHODON; PLETHODON JORDANI; PLETHODON KENTUCKI; PLETHODONTIDAE;

COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WOODLAND SALAMANDER;

EID: 0029663467     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01126.x     Document Type: Article

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