Videos of salamander courtship behavior on this playlist were videotaped or filmed by individuals in the Houck/Arnold lab, unless otherwise noted.  See Lynne Houck’s Google Scholar page for articles on salmander courtship pheromones.  Carousel (below) shows investigators and salamander courtship photos.  To learn about ongoing research on salamander reproductive proteins, visit Damien Wilburn’s website.

 
Slapping delivery of male courtship pheromone in Plethodon shermani
Tall-straddling walk (TSW)
Spermatophore deposition (SD)
Female begins to walk over the spermatophnore
Positioning of the female over the spermatophore (POS)
Sperm transfer sequence in Desmognathus orestes: TOP: Male lifts off of the spermatophore and moves forward (note thin mucous strand that runs from the spermatophore cap to the male's vent). MIDDLE: Female has moved over the spermatophore which is now about midway on her venter. BOTTOM: The female has inserted the spermatophore into her cloaca
Scratching delivery of male courtship pheromone in Eurycea bislineata
Eurycea guttolineata
Steve, Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy and Sarah searching for crevice-dwelling salamanders
Lynne Houck, Sarah Eddy, Damien Wilburn, Kari Doty, and Rick Feldhoff at Deep Gap, NC
Steve, Karen and Sarah exulting over newly discovered Hellbender
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Sorting newly captured Plethodon shermani
Lynne Houck & Sarah Eddy with newly washed observation boxes
Lynne Houck and Steve Arnold celebrating a wedding anniversary at "On the Verandah", a restaurant in Highlands, NC
Pleurodeles waltl, male below
Salamandra salamandra, male below
Taricha granulosa, male on top
Triturus carnifex, male in front
Euproctus asper, female with orange venter
Euproctus montanus, male on left
Female Euproctus montanus brooding her eggs which are attached to the underside of a rock.
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Comparative analysis of Rhyacotriton and plethodontid salamander courtship sequences.  See Arnold et al. 2017 and Arnold 2023 for discussion.

Comparative analysis