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Plethodon punctatus (Cow Knob salamander). Arboreal behavior

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Abstract

A recent review on the climbing behavior of plethodontid salamanders (McEntire 2016. Copeia 104:124–131) reported that many Plethodon are facultatively arboreal. Here, we report observations of climbing behavior for Plethodon punctatus, a species of conservation concern that is only found on Shenandoah Mountain and Great North Mountain in eastern West Virginia and western Virginia, USA.

Citation

Jacobsen, Carl D.; Flint, William D.; Newman, Jillian C.; Brown, Donald J. 2019. Plethodon punctatus (Cow Knob salamander). Arboreal behavior. Herpetological Review. 50: 110.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/57835