| I could not assess at what point during the predation encounters the lizards employed autotomy. |
| Through a process called autotomy, muscles can contract violently along the base of an appendage, breaking off the limb. |
| Even the shedding of antlers by deer may be classified as an example of autotomy. |
| A feature which the skink shares with many other lizards is autotomy, that is the shedding of the tail in order to flee from the predator. |
| Lizards have a variety of antipredator adaptations, including running and climbing, venom, camouflage, tail autotomy, and reflex bleeding. |
| Most investigation into such an antipredatory benefit has focused on caudal autotomy in vertebrate taxa. |
