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Science 30 September 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3744, pp. 1670 - 1671
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3744.1670
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Gekkonid Lizards: Average Ages Derived from Tail-Loss Data

H. Robert Bustard 1 and R. D. Hughes 1

1 Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra

Information on the rate of tail loss by autotomy, obtained from mark and recapture data, was used to estimate the average ages of adult individuals of the geckos Gehyra variegata and Heteronota binoei; the ages calculated were 4.4 and 1.9 years, respectively.

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