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by stan maddams » Fri May 24, 2013 5:19 pm
This one was shot at a different location and has a much chunkier and shorter tail. Just wondering if it is something different or just re growing the tail
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by Daniel Kane » Fri May 24, 2013 5:34 pm
Looks like it has just lost the end of the tail, perhaps from a predator encounter or agonistic encounter with conspecific. Some agama species can re-generate the tail after autotomy, others cannot; I'm not sure about L. stellio. Either way, it looks healthy enough.
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by stan maddams » Fri May 24, 2013 5:54 pm
thanks Daniel - I suspected that may be the case
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by Omer Golan-Joel » Tue May 28, 2013 11:39 am
Laudakia Stellio can regenerate its tail, but not as completely as, say, a gecko. It develops a club-like stub instead. This kind of tail clipping is probably from intra-species aggression (i.e. another Stellion has bitten off the edge of its tail).
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by stan maddams » Tue May 28, 2013 11:48 am
thanks Omar - there were a few like that
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by Omer Golan-Joel » Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:10 pm
You're welcome. Many Agamas have such tails - they have a tendency to bite each other's tails when fighting.
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