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Captorhinids could shed their tails like lizards

Started by Halichoeres, March 14, 2018, 01:16:50 AM

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March 14, 2018, 01:16:50 AM
"Caudal autotomy" (which means "self-cutting of the tail") is the technical name for letting part of your tail go so that the rest of you can escape. It's fairly common in lizards, and it turns out at least some captorhinids could do it too!

Open access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21526-3
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