My two feline buddies bring me a never-ending supply of geckos. I frequently find tails and bodies separated, as tails can be shed for defence and regrown if escape is successful. However, I was surprised to find a lone tail that has two bifurcations. Can anyone explain this?
• Of all the lizard families, geckos rely most heavily on of the tail. In most species, muscular contractions break the tail at a plane of weakness passing through the middle of a vertebra, rather than between vertebrae. This produces a clean break and little bleeding. A papilla of tail-growing tissue…
