De La Rosa-Silva, Edgar; Gómez-Benítez, Aldo; Sánchez-Manjarrez, Daniel; Oviedo-Hernández, Edgar; Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo; Walker, James Martin
(SONORAN HERPETOLOGIST, 2023-09-30)
Caudal autotomy in lizards refers to the detachment of the tail when threatened by a predator at one of many either intra- or intervertebral fracture planes, serving as a decoy while the lizard escapes.