To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years

PW Bateman, PA Fleming - Journal of zoology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Caudal autotomy, the ability to shed the tail, is common in lizards as a response to attempted
predation. Since Arnold's substantial review of caudal autotomy as a defence in reptiles 20 …

The costs of autotomy and regeneration in animals: a review and framework for future research

TL Maginnis - Behavioral Ecology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Many organisms have the ability to shed an appendage (autotomy) to escape a predator or
fouled molting event. Despite its immediate advantage on survivorship, autotomy can have …

Ecological morphology of locomotor performance in squamate reptiles

T Garland Jr, JB Losos - Ecological morphology: integrative …, 1994 - books.google.com
Relationships between morphology, physiology, or biochemistry, on the one hand, and
behavior and ecology, on the other, have been widely documented, as this volume attests …

Why does tail loss increase a lizard's later vulnerability to snake predators?

S Downes, R Shine - Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We examined how autotomy–induced shifts in behavior of a diurnal lizard (Lampropholis
guichenoti) and two natural snake predators influence the outcome of predatory interactions …

Experimental evidence that high population frequencies of lizard tail autotomy indicate inefficient predation

RG Medel, JE Jiménez, SF Fox, FM Jaksić - Oikos, 1988 - JSTOR
Frequency of autotomized tails in lizard populations has been taken as an indicator of
predation pressure upon those populations. However, recent correlational evidence points …

Tail autotomy, tail size, and locomotor performance in lizards

EJ McElroy, PJ Bergmann - Physiological and Biochemical …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
The effect of tail autotomy on locomotor performance has been studied in a number of lizard
species. Most of these studies (65%) show that tail autotomy has a negative effect on sprint …

Tail shedding in island lizards [Lacertidae, Reptilia]: decline of antipredator defenses in relaxed predation environments

P Pafilis, J Foufopoulos, N Poulakakis, P Lymberakis… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The ability of an animal to shed its tail is a widespread antipredator strategy among lizards.
The degree of expression of this defense is expected to be shaped by prevailing …

Tail injuries increase the risk of mortality in free-living lizards (Uta stansburiana)

BS Wilson - Oecologia, 1992 - Springer
Caudal autotomy is an effective anti-predator mechanism used by many lizard species.
Fitness benefits of surviving a predatory attack are obvious, although lizards that autotomize …

Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus metallicus

DG Chapple, R Swain - Functional Ecology, 2002 - JSTOR
1. Tail loss has repeatedly been associated with the impairment of locomotor performance in
lizards. However, although the immediate impact of tail loss may be severe, most previous …

Tails of the City: Caudal Autotomy in the Tropical Lizard, Anolis cristatellus, in Urban and Natural Areas of Puerto Rico

RK Tyler, KM Winchell, LJ Revell - Journal of Herpetology, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Urbanization creates drastic changes in habitat and presents considerable challenges and
new sources of predation to urban-dwelling herpetofauna. Research on lizards has …