Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus metallicus

By D. G. Chapple, R. Swain. 2002

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To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years (2009, background): “In N. metallicus (Scincidae), the locomotory costs of autotomy are limited, the most important effects being a reduction in endurance in females and in sprint speed in males (Chapple & Swain, 2002b).”
The costs of autotomy and regeneration in animals: a review and framework for future research (2006, background): “…regenerated appendages are often adequate enough to restore some of the locomotor, foraging, reproductive, and/or metabolic disadvantages the animals were facing with the lost appendage (Fox and Rotsker 1982; Daniels 1984; Fox et al. 1990; Martin and Salvador 1993a, 1993b; Chapple and Swain 2002).”