Comparative study of tongue protrusion in three iguanian lizards, Sceloporus undulatus, Pseudotrapelus sinaitus and Chamaeleo jacksonii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2833-2849

  Meyers, J J ^a   Nishikawa, K C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Chamaeleo jacksonii; Chamaeleonidae; Iguanidae; Kinematics; Lizard; Nerve transection; Prey capture; Pseudotrapelus sinaitus; Reptile; Sceloporus undulatus; Tongue protrusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIZARD; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TONGUE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IGUANAS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TONGUE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

CHAMAELEO JACKSONII; PSEUDOTRAPELUS SINAITUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS;

EID: 0033784255     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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