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Niewiarowski, P. H., J. D. Congdon, A. E. Dunham, L. J. Vitt, and D. W. Tinkle. "Tales of lizard tails: effects of tail autotomy on subsequent survival and growth of free-ranging hatchling Uta stansburiana." Canadian Journal of Zoology 75, no. 4 (1997): 542–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-067.

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Potential costs and benefits of tail autotomy in lizards have been inferred almost exclusively from experimental study in semi-natural enclosures and from indirect comparative evidence from natural populations. We present complementary evidence of the costs of tail autotomy to the lizard Uta stansburiana from detailed demographic study of a natural population. On initial capture, we broke the tails of a large sample of free-ranging hatchlings (560) and left the tails of another large sample (455) intact, and then followed subsequent hatchling growth and survival over a 3-year period. Surprisin

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Lin, Jhan-Wei, Ying-Rong Chen, Ying-Han Wang, Kuen-Chih Hung, and Si-Min Lin. "Tail regeneration after autotomy revives survival: a case from a long-term monitored lizard population under avian predation." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284, no. 1847 (2017): 20162538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2538.

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Caudal autotomy in lizards has intrigued scientists for more than 100 years. Because of the relative lack of literature under natural conditions, the complicated association among field autotomy rate, real predation pressure, the long-term cost of tail loss, and the benefit of regeneration remains equivocal. In this study, we conducted a 7-year capture–mark–recapture (CMR) programme with a wild population of a sexually dichromatic lizard, Takydromus viridipunctatus . We used autotomy indexes and a contemporary bird census mega-dataset of four predatory birds as predictors to examine the associ

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Bateman, P. W., P. A. Fleming, and B. Rolek. "Bite me: Blue tails as a ‘risky-decoy’ defense tactic for lizards." Current Zoology 60, no. 3 (2014): 333–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/60.3.333.

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Abstract Many lizard species use caudal autotomy to escape entrapment. Conspicuous coloration may increase the likelihood of being attacked, but if that attack can be directed towards the autotomous tail this may ultimately increase the chances of the lizard surviving a predatory attack. We tested the hypothesis that brightly-colored tails function to divert predatory attention away from the head and body using pairs of blue-tailed and all-brown clay model lizards. Predatory bird attacks on the 24 blue-tailed models occurred sooner (P = 0.001) than attacks on the 24 all-brown models, and over

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Koca, Yücel, Nazan Üzüm, Mehmet Turgut, et al. "Effects of Ca2+ channel blocker verapamil on tissue regeneration in a lizard tail autotomy model: a biochemical and histological study." Amphibia-Reptilia 28, no. 1 (2007): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853807779798992.

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AbstractCa2+ ions have been reported to augment the activities of many cell types including cellular proliferation and tissue regeneration. Moreover, it is well known that verapamil is a L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ antagonist with important clinical implications. To evaluate the role of Ca2+ ions in the regeneration of tail in lizards, verapamil was used in vivo to modulate the activity of intracellular Ca2+ in a lizard tail autotomy model. A total of 35 adult lizards were divided into three groups: lightness control group (n = 11), darkness group (n = 11) and verapamil treatment group (n = 13).

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Sanggaard, Kristian W., Carl Chr Danielsen, Lise Wogensen, et al. "Unique Structural Features Facilitate Lizard Tail Autotomy." PLoS ONE 7, no. 12 (2012): e51803. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051803.

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Galdino, Conrado, Stefânia Ventura, and Gladston Moreira. "Unveiling a spatial tail breakage outbreak in a lizard population." Amphibia-Reptilia 38, no. 2 (2017): 238–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00003094.

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Many ecological attributes of organisms vary spatially. This strict dependency upon space generally arises by individuals occupying places with the necessary resources and conditions for survival. For lizards, losing the tail is an evolved mechanism that allows them to escape predators or to avoid aggressive intraspecific agonistic interactions. We evaluated the spatial relation of tail loss in a population of the lizard Tropidurus montanus. Our results support the occurrence of a spatial cluster of autotomized lizards. However, we cannot relate the cluster formation to the crowding of neighbo

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Argaez, Víctor, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, and J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega. "Another potential cost of tail autotomy: tail loss may result in high ectoparasite loads in Sceloporus lizards." Amphibia-Reptilia 39, no. 2 (2018): 191–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-17000156.

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Abstract Tail autotomy is a common phenomenon in lizards that increases the chances of immediate survival during a predation event or agonistic encounter. However, despite short-term benefits, tail regeneration may also impose costs. Several studies have demonstrated that tail loss compromises other vital functions such as lipid storage, reproduction, and the immune system. Several lizard species are hosts of mites and ticks. Here we evaluated in three lizard species from the genus Sceloporus, whether individuals that have lost their tails and invested energy in tail regeneration are more susc

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Vervust, Bart, Hans Loy, and Raoul Damme. "Seeing through the lizard’s trick: do avian predators avoid autotomous tails?" Open Life Sciences 6, no. 2 (2011): 293–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0119-9.

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AbstractCounter-adaptations of predators towards their prey are a far less investigated phenomenon in predator-prey interactions. Caudal autotomy is generally considered an effective last-resort mechanism for evading predators. However, in victim-exploiter relationships, the efficacy of a strategy will obviously depend on the antagonist’s ability to counter it. In the logic of the predator-prey arms race, one would expect predators to develop attack strategies that minimize the chance of autotomy of the prey and damage on the predator. We tested whether avian predators preferred grasping lizar

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Ramachandran, A. V., and P. I. Ndukuba. "Parachlorophenylalanine retards tail regeneration in the gekkonid lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis exposed to continuous light." Journal of Experimental Biology 143, no. 1 (1989): 235–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.143.1.235.

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Parachlorophenylalanine (p-CPA) was used for chemical pinealectomy in a study of tail regeneration in the gekkonid lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis. Two doses of p-CPA (200 or 400 micrograms kg-1 body mass) were injected into two groups of lizards (5 days prior to and 30 days after caudal autotomy) exposed to continuous light of 2500 lx intensity during the summer season (March-May). Our observations show that the initiation of regeneration, the daily growth rate, the total length of new growth (regenerate) produced, and the total percentage replacement of the lost (autotomized) tails 30 days

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Swamy, M. S., S. Abraham, and A. V. Ramachandran. "Serum T3 and T4 levels during tail regeneration in the gekkonid lizard Hemidactylus flaviviridis." Amphibia-Reptilia 14, no. 2 (1993): 149–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853893x00318.

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AbstractCirculating levels of serum T3 and T4 have been assayed by radioimmunoassay during tail regeneration in the gekkonid lizard Hernidacylus flaviviridis. In general the level of serum T3 was lower than that of T4; both hormones showed phase-specific alterations. The immediate post-autotomy periods (first week) were marked by elevated T4 levels; the later phases of regeneration, corresponding to peak histodifferentiation (15-40 days), were marked by elevated T3 levels. These changes in serum T3 and T4 indicate the participation of the thyroid gland in lizard tail regeneration and are discu

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