...Shi-Tong Tonia Hsieh ABSTRACT Tails play an important role in dynamic stabilization during falling and jumping in lizards. Yet tail autotomy (the voluntary loss of an appendage) is a common mechanism used for predator evasion in these animals. How tail autotomy has an impact on locomotor...

... loss and long-term regeneration for the first time by measuring morphology, 3D kinematics and ground reaction forces (GRFs) in the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius . Tail autotomy resulted in a 13% anterior shift in the center of mass (CoM), which only partially recovered after full regeneration...

...Timothy E. Higham; Anthony P. Russell SUMMARY Autotomy (voluntary loss of an appendage) is common among diverse groups of vertebrates and invertebrates, and much attention has been given to ecological and developmental aspects of tail autotomy in lizards. Although most studies have focused...