TY  - JOUR
AU  - Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
AU  - Ćorović, Jelena
AU  - Halpern, Balint
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2551
UR  - http://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v12n2/nwjz_e162503_Crnobrnja-Isailovic.pdf
UR  - http://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v12n2.html
AB  - Deliberate tail loss was recorded for the first time in three large whip snakes (Dolichophis caspius) and one dice snake (Natrix tessellata). Observations were made in different years and in different locations. In all cases the tail breakage happened while snakes were being handled by researchers. Pseudoautotomy was confirmed in one large whip snake by an X-Ray photo of a broken piece of the tail, where intervertebral breakage was observed. This evidence and literature data suggest that many colubrid species share the ability for deliberate tail loss. However, without direct observation or experiment it is not possible to prove a species' ability for pseudoautotomy, as a broken tail could also be evidence of an unsuccessful predator attack, resulting in a forcefully broken distal part of the tail.
T2  - North-Western Journal of Zoology
T1  - Deliberate tail loss in Dolichophis caspius and Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae) with a brief review of pseudoautotomy in contemporary snake families
IS  - 2
VL  - 12
SP  - 367
EP  - 372
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_2551
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka and Ćorović, Jelena and Halpern, Balint",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Deliberate tail loss was recorded for the first time in three large whip snakes (Dolichophis caspius) and one dice snake (Natrix tessellata). Observations were made in different years and in different locations. In all cases the tail breakage happened while snakes were being handled by researchers. Pseudoautotomy was confirmed in one large whip snake by an X-Ray photo of a broken piece of the tail, where intervertebral breakage was observed. This evidence and literature data suggest that many colubrid species share the ability for deliberate tail loss. However, without direct observation or experiment it is not possible to prove a species' ability for pseudoautotomy, as a broken tail could also be evidence of an unsuccessful predator attack, resulting in a forcefully broken distal part of the tail.",
journal = "North-Western Journal of Zoology",
title = "Deliberate tail loss in Dolichophis caspius and Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae) with a brief review of pseudoautotomy in contemporary snake families",
number = "2",
volume = "12",
pages = "367-372",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_2551"
}

Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Ćorović, J.,& Halpern, B.. (2016). Deliberate tail loss in Dolichophis caspius and Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae) with a brief review of pseudoautotomy in contemporary snake families. in North-Western Journal of Zoology, 12(2), 367-372.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_2551

Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Ćorović J, Halpern B. Deliberate tail loss in Dolichophis caspius and Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae) with a brief review of pseudoautotomy in contemporary snake families. in North-Western Journal of Zoology. 2016;12(2):367-372.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_2551 .

Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka, Ćorović, Jelena, Halpern, Balint, "Deliberate tail loss in Dolichophis caspius and Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae) with a brief review of pseudoautotomy in contemporary snake families" in North-Western Journal of Zoology, 12, no. 2 (2016):367-372,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_2551 .