In reporting a case of tail bifurcation in a Bahamian brown anole (A. sagrei) from south Eluethera, Sebastian Hoefer and Nathan Robinson (The Cape Eleuthera Island School), write in Herpetology Notes proposing so!
“Another interesting observation was that this individual was particularly easy to capture and did not attempt to escape. The lack of avoidance could be explained by the anole being stunned due to stress at the time of capture. Alternatively, it could be that multiple tails infer higher energetic costs than a single tail. In turn, this could negatively affect the individual’s activity patterns or ability to avoid predators.”
Hoefer, S. and Robinson, N.J., 2020. Tail bifurcation in a Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei (Duméril & Bibron, 1837). Herpetology Notes, 13, pp.333-335.
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