%0 Journal Article
%T A case of voluntary tail autotomy in the snake Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)
%A Marinus Steven Hoogmoed
%A Teresa Cristina Sauer Avila-Pires
%J Boletim do Museu Paraense Em¨ªlio Goeldi : Ci¨ºncias Naturais
%D 2011
%I Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
%X We report direct observation of voluntary tail autotomy in the Colubrid snake Dendrophidion dendrophis from Monte Dourado,Par¨¢, Brazil. Voluntary tail autotomy for this species had been reported before, but the process itself never has been described.
%K Brazil
%K Amazonas
%K Snake
%K Defensive behaviour
%K Tail autotomy
%U http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv6n2_2011/case%28hoogmoed%29.pdf