To cut a long tail short: A review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years
Caudal autotomy, the ability to shed the tail, is common in lizards as a response toattempted predation. Since Arnold’s substantial review of caudal autotomy as adefence in reptiles 20 years ago, our understanding of the costs associated with tailloss has increased dramatically. In this paper, we re...
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34939 |