Late in the breeding season, some male green salamanders, Aneides aeneus, may enter rock crevices containing gravid females waiting to deposit eggs. These females appear to reject these males as egg deposition time nears. Many of these males may be satellite males that have not defended territories and thus might be considered inferior or less fit compared to males that have defended territories. By placing unfamiliar males with resident gravid females in lab and field during June and early July, most of the gravid females avoided mating with these potentially inferior males. The females would often just leave the crevice or remain in the crevice and resist the males attempt to initiate courtship. Some females became quite aggressive and chased males from the brooding crevices. Thus, it appears adaptive for gravid females to avoid mating with inferior males near egg deposition time. Females have likely previously mated with territorial males and should not mate with inferior males and dilute sperm stored in the spermatheca with sperm from inferior males. This description of gravid female A. aeneus rejecting less fit males may be considered as a good example of cryptic female mate choice (CFC).