BIFURCACIÓN DE COLA DE Plestiodon copei (TAYLOR, 1933) (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE)
Caudal autotomy is a common defensive scape strategy from predation in lizards, this strategy can affect the fitness of the individuals associated to energetic cost caused by tail regeneration. Several records of tail anomalies have been reported in various families of lizards. In this note we repor...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/177 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/177 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Autotomía caudal, bifurcación de la cola, regeneración de la cola, Scincidae. Caudal autotomy, Scincidae, tail bifurcation, tail regeneration. |
| Sumario: | Caudal autotomy is a common defensive scape strategy from predation in lizards, this strategy can affect the fitness of the individuals associated to energetic cost caused by tail regeneration. Several records of tail anomalies have been reported in various families of lizards. In this note we reported a tail bifurcation specimen of Plestiodon copei found in the wild. An X-ray showed that the two branches are not ossified after the fracture plane in the tail, with cartilage formation in both branches instead. |
|---|