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The Comparative Ethology of Courtship in Salamandrid Salamanders. 1. Salamandra and Chioglossa
Article first published online: 26 APR 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1987.tb00926.x
1987 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
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ARNOLD, S. J. (1987), The Comparative Ethology of Courtship in Salamandrid Salamanders. 1. Salamandra and Chioglossa. Ethology, 74: 133–145. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1987.tb00926.x
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- Issue published online: 26 APR 2010
- Article first published online: 26 APR 2010
- Received: February 19, 1986 Accepted: May 2, 1986
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Abstract
This paper describes for the first time spermatophore deposition and sperm transfer in the salamander genus Chioglossa. As in Salamandra, the Chioglossa male holds the female in ventral amplexus and deposits his spermatophore under the female's vent. The female drops down upon the spermatophore to accomplish sperm transfer. This mode of sperm transfer is unique to the salamandrid genera Salamandra and Chioglossa and is at least 26 million years old. These two genera also share a number of derived features of preliminary courtship.