Sprawling locomotion in the lizard Sceloporus clarkii: The effects of speed on gait, hindlimb kinematics, and axial bending during walking

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 417-433

  Reilly, S M ^a   Delancey, M J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; WALKING;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SCELOPORUS CLARKII; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030697305     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb02791.x     Document Type: Article

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