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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2026

Effects of Size, Body Mass and Body Condition on Tonic Immobility Occurrence in

Simeon Lukanov, Angel Dyugmedzhiev, Miroslav Slavchev, Blagovesta Zheleva

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Simeon LukanovInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-2546-6590
Angel DyugmedzhievInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-3765-7076
Miroslav SlavchevInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-2426-8875
Blagovesta ZhelevaInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0009-0005-0321-026X

Funding

Bulgarian National Science Fund КP-06-N81/11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tonic immobility is a state of natural paralysis that species across the animal kingdom exhibit as an instinctive response to an external threat. In ectotherms, it has been linked with temperature, but the effects of individual size, body mass and body condition are still poorly understood. We hypothesize that under natural conditions, size, body mass and body condition play an important role in tonic immobility occurrence in smaller ectothermic animals such as the Smooth newt. In this study, we photographed, measured and weighed 357 adult

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antipredator behaviourBCIsmooth newtSVLtemperaturethanatosis

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PMID42652021
PMCPMC13509822

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