Effects of tail loss on growth and sprint speed of juvenile Eumeces fasciatus (Scincidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-102

  Goodman, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMECES FASCIATUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645782935     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/09-05N.1     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. ANDREWS, R. M. 1982. Patterns of growth in reptiles. In C. Gans and F. H. Pough (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 13, pp. 273-320. Academic Press, New York.
2. ARNOLD, E. N. 1988. Caudal autotomy as a defense. In C. Gans and R. B. Huey (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 16, pp. 236-273. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York.
3. BALLINGER, R. E., AND D. W. TINKLE. 1979. Cost of tail regeneration to body growth in lizards. Journal of Herpetology 13:374-375.
4. BELLAIRS, A. A., AND S. V. BRYANT. 1985. Autotomy and regeneration in reptiles In C. Gans (ed.), Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 15, pp. 301-410. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
5. BROWN, R. M., D. H. TAYLOR, AND D. H. GIST. 1995. Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance of Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis). Journal of Herpetology 29:98-105.
6. CHAPPLE, D. G., AND R. SWAIN. 2002. Distribution of energy reserves in a viviparous skink: does tail autotomy involve the loss of lipid stores? Austral Ecology 27:565-572.
7. CHAPPLE, D. G., C. J. MCCOULL, AND R. SWAIN. 2002. Changes in reproductive investment following caudal autotomy in viviparous skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus): lipid depletion or energetic diversion? Journal of Herpetology 36:480-486.
8. _. 2004. Effect of tail loss on sprint speed and growth in newborn skinks, Niveoscincus metallicus. Journal of Herpetology 38:137-140.
9. CONGDON, J. D., L. J. VITT, AND W. W. KING. 1974. Geckos: adaptive significance and energetics of tail autotomy. Science 184:1379-1380.
10. COOPER, W. E. 2003. Shifted balance of risk and cost after autotomy affects use of cover, escape, activity, and foraging in the Keeled Earless Lizard (Holbrookia propinqua). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54:179-187.
11. COOPER, W. E., AND L. J. VITT. 1985. Blue tails and autotomy: enhancement of predation avoidance in juvenile skinks. Zeitschrift Für Tierpsychologie 70:265-276.
12. DANIELS, C. B. 1983. Running: an escape strategy enhanced by autotomy. Herpetologica 39:162-165.
13. _. 1984. The importance of caudal lipid in the gecko Phyllodactylus marmoratus. Herpetologica 40: 337-344.
14. DIAL, B. E., AND L. C. FITZPATRICK. 1981. The energetic costs of tail autotomy to reproduction in the lizard Coleonyx brevis (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Oecologia 51:310-317.
15. DOUGHTY, P., R. SHINE, AND M. S. Y. LEE. 2003. Energetic costs of tail loss in a montane scincid lizard. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 135A:215-219.
16. DUNHAM, A. E. 1978. Food availability as a proximate factor influencing individual growth rates in the Iguanid lizard Sceloporus merriami. Ecology 59: 770-778.
17. FITCH, H. S. 1954. Life history and ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications 8:1-156.
18. FORMANOWICZ, D. R., E. D. BRODIE, AND P. J. BRADLEY. 1990. Behavioral compensation for tail loss in the Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis. Animal Behaviour 40:782-784.
19. FOX, S. F., AND J. K. MCCOY. 2000. The effects of tail loss on survival, growth, reproduction, and sex ratio of offspring in the lizard Uta stansburiana in the field. Oecologia 122:327-334.
20. FOX, S. F., AND M. A. ROSTKER. 1982. Social cost of tail loss in Uta stansburiana. Science 218:692-693.
21. KELT, D. A., L. K. NABORS, AND M. L. FORISTER. 2002. Size-specific differences in tail loss and escape behavior in Liolaemus nigromaculatus. Journal of Herpetology 36:322-325.
22. MARTÍN, J., AND R. A. AVERY. 1998. Effects of tail loss on the movement patterns of the lizard, Psammodromus algirus. Functional Ecology 12:794-802.
23. MARTÍN, J., AND A. SALVADOR. 1993. Tail loss reduces mating success in the Iberian Rock Lizard, Lacerta monticola. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32:185-189.
24. MCCONNACHIE, S., AND M. J. WHITING. 2003. Costs associated with tail autotomy in an ambush foraging lizard, Cordylus melanotus melanotus. African Zoology 38:57-65.
25. MILES, D. B. 2004. The race goes to the swift: fitness consequences of variation in sprint performance in juvenile lizards. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:63-75.
26. SALVADOR, A., J. MARTÍN, P. LÓPEZ, AND J. P. VEIGA. 1996. Long-term effect of tail loss on home range size and access to females in male lizards (Psammodromus algirus). Copeia 1996:208-209.
27. SMITH, G. R. 1996. Tail loss in the Striped Plateau Lizard, Sceloporus virgatus. Journal of Herpetology 30:552-555.
28. SMITH, G. R., AND R. E. BALLINGER. 1994. Variation in individual growth in the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus: effects of food and density. Acta Oecologica 15:317-324.
29. SMITH, S. E. 1998. Effects of Air Temperature and Soil Moisture on the Brooding Behavior of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus. Unpubl. master's thesis, University Tennessee, Knoxville.
30. SORCI, G., AND J. CLOBERT. 1997. Environmental maternal effects on locomotor performance in the Common Lizard (Lacerta vivipara). Evolutionary Ecology 11:531-541.
31. STAMPS, J., AND S. TANAKA. 1981. The influence of food and water on growth rates in a tropical lizard (Anolis aeneus). Ecology 62:33-40.
32. VITT, L. J., AND W. E. COOPER. 1986. Tail loss, tail color, and predator escape in Eumeces (Lacertilia: Scincidae): age-specific differences in costs and benefits. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64:583-592.
33. VITT, L. J., J. D. CONGDON, AND N. A. DICKSON. 1977. Adaptive strategies and energetics of tail autotomy in lizards. Ecology 58:326-337.
34. WARNER, D. A., AND R. M. ANDREWS. 2002. Laboratory and field experiments identify sources of variation in phenotypes and survival of hatchling lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76:105-124.