When one tail isn't enough: abnormal caudal regeneration in lepidosaurs and its potential ecological impacts

JI Barr, R Somaweera, SS Godfrey… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal caudal regeneration, the production of additional tails through regeneration
events, occurs in lepidosaurs as a result of incomplete autotomy or sufficient caudal wound …

Anatomical and histological analyses reveal that tail repair is coupled with regrowth in wild-caught, juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

C Xu, J Palade, RE Fisher, CI Smith, AR Clark… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Reptiles are the only amniotes that maintain the capacity to regenerate appendages. This
study presents the first anatomical and histological evidence of tail repair with regrowth in an …

Evolutionary bedfellows: Reconstructing the ancestral state of autotomy and regeneration

LA Dunoyer, AW Seifert… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Some form of regeneration occurs in all lifeforms and extends from single‐cell organisms to
humans. The degree to which regenerative ability is distributed across different taxa …

Tail bifurcation incidence in Liolaemus lizards assessed through citizen science and naturalist notes

DD Cotoras, MA Vidal - South American Journal of Herpetology, 2023 - BioOne
Tail bifurcation in lizards is caused by an anomalous regeneration process after tail
autotomy. A recent review shows that nearly half of the records came from social media and …

[PDF][PDF] New distribution record, ecology and tail trifurcation of Cyrtodactylus mamanwa (Gekkonidae) on Dinagat Islands, Philippines

EPT Maglangit, RJC Tapdasan, RC Medija Jr… - …, 2021 - herpetozoa.pensoft.net
This study highlights the ecology, natural history, and a new distribution record by providing
a unique habitat occurrence record in karst ecosystem and describes a tail anomaly of the …

[PDF][PDF] A four-tailed iguana delicatissima (Squamata: Iguanidae) on petite terre, guadeloupe (Lesser antilles, caribbean region)

D Koleska, D Jablonski - Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2018 - core.ac.uk
The Lesser Antillean Green Iguana, Iguana delicatissima Laurenti, 1768 occurs on 10 main
islands of the northern Lesser Antilles (Knapp 2007). Because it is restricted to this relatively …

[PDF][PDF] Tail bifurcation in Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis Laurenti, 1768) from Liguria, Italy

L Pola, D Koleska - 9th Workshop on Biodiversity (Jevany, Czech …, 2017 - gallotia.de
Abstract Podarcis muralis (LAURENTI, 1768) or the Common wall lizard is a species of a
lizard family Lacertidae. It is widely distributed lizard in most of Europe. It ranges from …

[PDF][PDF] Two cases of tail bifurcation in lizards endemic to Mexico: The Yellow-bellied Gecko, Phyllodactylus magnus (Taylor 1942) and the Mexican Racerunner …

LFN Toscano, K Cruz-Ramírez - Reptiles & Amphibians, 2023 - journals.ku.edu
2 specimen appeared to be healthy and fled quickly after being photographed, so the
addition of a new tail did not appear to have notably affected the lizard's motility and speed …

[PDF][PDF] Frecuencias de bifurcaciones caudales en lacértidos del Mediterráneo occidental

P Montes-Gavilán, A Sánchez-Vialas… - China. Nature, 2018 - gallotia.de
2017). En esta nota aportamos registros de presencia de autotomía caudal incompleta en la
familia Lacertidae, tras la revisión de 11.869 ejemplares conservados en la colección de …

[PDF][PDF] A Yellow-headed Gecko Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) with Bifurcated Tail in the Caribbean Lowlands of Costa Rica

LI López, JM Mora - Jordan Journal of Natural History, 2021 - researchgate.net
Autotomy is an escape mechanism in lizards, follow by subsequent tail regeneration. Tail
loss initiates a spontaneous epimorphic regenerative program, resulting in a fully functional …