caa a22 4500 465762336 CHVBK 20180323111902.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02350278 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02350278 Mori Akira Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, 606, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan aut Tail vibration of the Japanese grass lizard Takydromus tachydromoides as a tactic against a snake predator [Elektronische Daten] [Akira Mori] Behavioral responses of the Japanese lacertid lizard,Takydromus tachydromoides, to its natural predator, the Japanese striped snake,Elaphe quadrivirgata, were examined under laboratory conditions.T. tachydromoides often thrashed its tail rapidly from side to side for short intervals (less than 0.5 s), usually just before fleeing away from an approaching snake. This tail vibration behavior appears to distract the snake away from the vulnerabl parts of the body to the tail, as tail vibration occurred more frequently when the head of the snake was closer to the lizard's head than its tail. Distraction of snake attack by this action is suggested to be an antipredator tactic, because it was demonstrated that the vibration increased the chance of escape. Japan Ethological Society, 1990 Journal of Ethology Springer-Verlag 8/2(1990-12-01), 81-88 0289-0771 8:2<81 1990 8 10164 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350278 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02350278 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mori Akira Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, 606, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Ethology Springer-Verlag 8/2(1990-12-01), 81-88 0289-0771 8:2<81 1990 8 10164 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer