A case of voluntary tail autotomy in the snake Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)
Document title: A case of voluntary tail autotomy in the snake Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)
Journal: Boletim do Museu Paranaense Emilio Goeldi. Ciencias naturais
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000347889
ISSN: 1981-8114
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenacao de Zoologia, Belem, Para. Brasil
Year:
Season: May-Ago
Volumen: 6
Number: 2
Pages: 113-117
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract We report direct observation of voluntary tail autotomy in the Colubrid snake Dendrophidion dendrophis from Monte Dourado, Pará, Brazil. Voluntary tail autotomy for this species had been reported before, but the process itself never has been described
Portuguese abstract Descrevemos uma observação direta de autotomia voluntária da cauda na serpente Colubridae Dendrophidion dendrophis, procedente de Monte Dourado, Pará, Brasil. Autotomia voluntária já havia sido registrada para essa espécie, porém o processo em si não havia sido descrito
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Etología,
Reptiles,
Serpientes,
Conducta defensiva,
Conducta agonística,
Autotomía,
Dendrophidion dendrophis,
Colubridae
Keyword: Biology,
Ethology,
Reptiles,
Snakes,
Defensive behavior,
Agonistic behavior,
Autotomy,
Dendrophidion dendrophis,
Colubridae
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