Asymmetrical gaits of juvenile Crocodylus johnstoni, galloping Australian crocodiles

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-325

  Renous, S ^a,d   Gasc, J P ^a   Bels, V L ^b   Wicker, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Ctr Agronom Rech Appl du Hainaut   (Belgium)

^c Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Crocodiles; Crocodylus johnstoni; Gaits; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; LOCOMOTION;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036122943     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000353     Document Type: Article

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