Gekkonid Lizards: Average Ages Derived from Tail-Loss Data
- 30 September 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3744), 1670-1671
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3744.1670
Abstract
Information on the rate of tail loss by autotomy, obtained from mark and recapture data, was used to estimate the average ages of adult individuals of the geckos Gehyra variegata and Heteronota binoei; the ages calculated were 4.4 and 1.9 years, respectively.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Observations on the Life History and Behavior of Chamaeleo hohnelii (Steindachner)Ichthyology & Herpetology, 1965