REFERENCES
- Arnold EN. 1984. Evolutionary aspects of tail shedding in lizards and their relatives. J Nat Hist. 18:127–169.
- Bateman PW, Fleming PA. 2009. To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last twenty years. J Zool. 277:1–14.
- Bateman PW, Fleming PA, Rolek B. 2014. Bite me: blue tails as a ‘risky-decoy’ defense tactic for lizards. Curr Zool. 60:333–337.
- Bateman PW, Fleming PA, Wolfe AK. 2016. A different kind of ecological modelling: the use of clay model organisms to explore predator–prey interactions in vertebrates. J Zool. 301:251–262.
- Castilla AM, Galán P, Pérez-Mellado V. 1999. Green tails in lizards of the genus Podarcis: do they influence the intensity of predation? Herpetologica. 55:530–537.
- Cheney KL. 2013. Cleaner fish coloration decreases predation in aggressive fangblenny mimics. Behav Ecol. 24:1161–1165.
- Cooper WE. 2007. Escape and its relationship to pursuit-deterrent signaling by the Cuban curly tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus. Herpetologica. 63:144–150.
- Cooper WE, Dimopoulos I, Pafilis P. 2014. Sex, age, and population density affect aggressive behaviors in island lizards promoting cannibalism. Ethology. 121:260–269.
- Cooper WE, Frederick WG. 2007. Optimal flight initiation distance. J Theor Biol. 244:59–67.
- Cooper WE, Vitt LJ. 1985. Blue tails and autotomy: enhancement of predation avoidance in juvenile skinks. Z Tierpsychol. 70:265–276.
- Donihue CM, Brock KM, Foufopoulos J, Herrel A. 2016. Feed or fight: testing the impact of food availability and intraspecific aggression on the functional ecology of an island lizard. Funct Ecol. 30:566–575.
- Fresnillo B, Belliure J, Cuervo JJ. 2015a. Red tails are effective decoys for avian predators. Evol Ecol. 29:123–135.
- Fresnillo B, Belliure J, Cuervo JJ. 2015b. Red coloration in juvenile spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus erythrurus, reduces adult aggression. Anim Behav. 102:59–67.
- Hawlena D. 2009. Colorful tails fade when lizards adopt less risky behaviors. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 64:205–213.
- Hawlena D, Boochnik R, Abramsky Z, Bouskila A. 2006. Blue tail and striped body: why do lizards change their infant costume when growing up? Behav Ecol. 17:889–896.
- Herczeg G, Torok J, Korsos Z. 2007. Size-dependent heating rates determine the spatial and temporal distribution of small-bodied lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia. 28:347–356.
- Losos JB, Schoener TW, Spiller DA. 2004. Predator-induced behaviour shifts and natural selection in field experimental lizard populations. Nature. 432:505–508.
- Marshall KLA, Philpot KE, Stevens M. 2015. Conspicuous male coloration impairs survival against avian predators in Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii. Ecol Evol. 5:4115–4131.
- Nagy KA. 2000. Energy costs of growth in neonate reptiles. Herpetol Monogr. 14:378–387.
- Nasri I, Hammouda A, Hamza F, Selmi S. 2015. Sexual size dimorphism in a Tunisian population of Bosk’s fringe-toed lizards Acanthodactylus boskianus asper. Afr J Herpetol. 64:103–115.
- Nouira S, Blanc C. 2003. [Spatial distribution of Lacertidae (Sauria, Reptilia) in Tunisia; Characteristics of biotopes and the role of ecological factors]. Ecol Mediterr. 29:71–86. French.
- SAS Institute. 2008. SAS/STAT user’s guide. Cary (NC): SAS Institute.
- Schleich HH, Kästl W, Kabisch K. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of North Africa: biology, systematics, field guide. Koenigstein (Germany): Koeltz Scientific Books.
- Stamps JA. 1997. The relationship between resource competition, risk, and aggression in a tropical territorial lizard. Ecology. 58:349–358.
- Telemeco RS, Baird TA, Shine R. 2011. Tail waving in a lizard (Bassiana duperreyi) functions to deflect attacks rather than as a pursuit-deterrent signal. Anim Behav. 82:369–375.
- Vervust B, Van Dongen S, Grbac I, Van Damme R. 2009. The mystery of the missing toes: extreme levels of natural mutilation in island lizard populations. Funct Ecol. 23:996–1003.
- Vervust B, Van Loy H, Van Damme R. 2011. Seeing through the lizard’s trick: do avian predators avoid autotomous tails? Cent Eur J Biol. 6:293–299.
- Vitt LJ, Cooper WE. 1986. Tail loss, tail color, and predator escape in Eumeces (Lacertilia: Scincidae): age-specific differences in costs and benefits. Can J Zool. 64:583–592.
- Watson CM, Roelke CE, Pasichnyk PN, Cox CL. 2012. The fitness consequences of the autotomous blue tail in lizards: an empirical test of predator response using clay models. Zoology. 115:339–344.