Frequency of tail autotomy in the African Olive Grass Snake, Psammophis ‘phillipsii’ from three habitats in southern Nigeria

摘要: Extracted from text ... Short communication Frequency of tail autotomy in the African Olive Grass Snake, Psammophis 'phillipsii' three habitats southern Nigeria GODFREY C. AKANI1, LUCA LUISELLI2, 3, SUNDAY M. WARIBOKO1, LINDA UDE2 AND FRANCESCO ANGELICI2 1Department Biological Sciences, Rivers State University Science and Technology, P.M.B. 5080, Port Harcourt (Rivers State), 2F.I.Z.V. (Ecology) Centre Environmental Studies "Demetra", Via Olona 7, I-00198 Rome, Italy 3lucamlu@tin.it Key words.- phillipsii, rainforest, habitat variation, predation, autotomy, Nigeria. 143 African Journal Herpetology, 2002 51(2): 143-146. Tail is an unambiguous antipredatory adaptation that occurs a wide variety ..