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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais
versión impresa ISSN 1981-8114
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HOOGMOED, Marinus Steven y AVILA-PIRES, Teresa Cristina Sauer. A case of voluntary tail autotomy in the snake Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi Cienc. Nat. [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.2, pp.113-117. ISSN 1981-8114.
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.
Palabras clave : Brazil; Amazonas; Snake; Defensive behaviour; Tail autotomy.