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7 November 2016 A Description of the Skin Glands and Cloacal Morphology of the Plethodontid Salamander Karsenia koreana
David M. Sever, Adrienne D. Pinsoneault, Brett Wagner Mackenzie, Dustin S. Siegel, Nancy L. Staub
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Abstract

The skin glands and cloacal morphology of the Korean crevice salamander, Karsenia koreana, were similar to those of other plethodontids. The skin contained mucous, granular, and modified granular glands in varying frequencies and sizes. Males had sexually dimorphic glands in the skin of the chin (mental glands) and the dorsal tail base (caudal courtship glands). On the ventral surface of the tail base, modified granular glands were sexually dimorphic in size, with male glands larger than those in females. The cloacal glands in males, as in other plethodontids, consisted of four eosinophilic gland clusters (dorsal pelvic glands, lateral pelvic glands, caudal pelvic glands, and vent glands) and three basophilic glands (anterior ventral glands, posterior ventral glands, and Kingsbury's glands). In females, the only cloacal gland was the spermatheca, which, as in other plethodontids, was a compound tubulo-alveolar gland in the roof of the cloaca.

David M. Sever, Adrienne D. Pinsoneault, Brett Wagner Mackenzie, Dustin S. Siegel, and Nancy L. Staub "A Description of the Skin Glands and Cloacal Morphology of the Plethodontid Salamander Karsenia koreana," Copeia 104(4), 816-823, (7 November 2016). https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-16-468
Received: 28 June 2016; Accepted: 1 August 2016; Published: 7 November 2016
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