Increased tail length in the King's skink, Egernia kingii (Reptilia: Scincidae): An anti-predation tactic for juveniles?

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Increased tail length in the King's skink, Egernia kingii (Reptilia: Scincidae): An anti-predation tactic for juveniles?

Caudal autotomy is an adaptive, but costly, anti-predation strategy used by many lizard species. As predation risk varies with ontogenetic life stage, it can be predicted that the use of costly anti-predation mechanisms would also change if they are no longer required. Here we assess ontogenetic cha...

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Main Authors:	Barr, James, Somaweera, R., Godfrey, S.S., Bateman, Bill
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2019
Subjects:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Evolutionary Biology autotomy lizard ontogeny predation Scincidae skink tail CAUDAL AUTOTOMY EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS BLUE TAILS BODY-SIZE LIZARD REGENERATION BEHAVIOR SNAKES DIET COLORATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84087

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