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Female Plethodon cinereus cannibalism of an adult conspecific

salamander, is a wide-ranging lungless, woodland salamander. They are opportunistic predators upon a variety of invertebrate prey including springtails and mites (Anthony and Pfingsten, 2013). Despite ample evidence of invertebrate predation as well as conspecific predation on juveniles and eggs (Thurow, 1976; Bachmann, 1986), accounts of cannibalism of conspecific full adults are rare. On 9 April 2017 at ca. 1200h in Delaware County, Ohio (40.177230°N, 82.853063°W; WGS 84), a gravid female P. cinereus (SVL measured from snout to anterior vent = 42.5 mm) was captured under a cover-board as part of an on-going capture-mark-recapture study. The individual was placed in a Ziplock ® bag for processing. Upon manipulation of the salamander in the bag for morphometric measurements, it regurgitated what appeared to be the tail of another P. cinereus (Fig 1a; length = 33.55 mm). The regurgitated salamander was preserved in 95% EtOH and upon further investigation, partially decomposed legs were seen on the trunk (Fig. 1b). A dissection was conducted to determine the number of vertebrae that existed to better estimate the exact size of the regurgitated salamander. We found 22 vertebrate in the regurgitate, indicating the female likely consumed an entire adult salamander, as Plethodon salamanders typically have between 19-23 vertebrate (Highton, 1960). The regurgitated adult salamander was likely partially digested upon our observation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a P. cinereus consuming an entire adult conspecific.