Survival strategies of the salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus: interaction of predator-avoidance and anti-predator mechanisms

• Published in: Animal behaviour Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Hileman, Kendra S., Brodie, Edmund D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kent Elsevier Ltd 01.01.1994; Elsevier; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd
• Subjects: Amphibia and reptilia; Animal behavior; Animal ethology; Biological and medical sciences; Desmognathus ochrophaeus; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gyrinophilus porphyriticus; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Reptiles & amphibians; Vertebrata; Predator prey relation; Laboratory study; Caudata; Defensive behavior; Amphibia; Survival; Vertebrata; Escape behavior; Body size; Desmognathus ochrophaeus; Strategy; Antipredator behavior; Avoidance

The anti-predator responses of the mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus ochrophaeus, to the larger predatory salamanders, Dunn's spring salamander, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, and black-bellied salamander, D. quadramaculatus were examined in two types of experiments. In both experiments the...