Table 3 in Courtship and Mating Behavior of the Rare, Rock-Crevice Dwelling Salamander Plethodon petraeus with a Review for Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)

Table 3. Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficients between the frequency of some male and female behaviors (i.e., occurrences per hour for each pair) during the preliminary (pre-TSW) phase of courtship in the salamander Plethodon petraeuS. Data are from 20 individually unique pairs that engaged in ten incomplete courtships, which did not proceed to a tail-straddling walk (TSW), and ten complete courtships with TSW and spermatophore deposition. Dance/shuffle ¼ foot dance and foot shuffle. MG ¼ mental gland. See text for description of behaviors. C Coefficient for complete courtships, I coefficient for incomplete courtships, A coefficient for all courtships when both incomplete and complete courtships had very similar correlations. * P, 0.025, ** P, 0.015, *** P, 0.001. Male behaviorFemale behaviorMouth graspPosition for TSWUndulate tailTurn backMale behaviorDance/shuffleA 0.773***A 0.660**Snout underI 0.824**MG poppingA 0.548**Female behaviorTail flexI 0.801**Undulate tailA 0.507*C 0.762**Chin overA 0.566**C 0.793**A 0.912***