Three-dimensional hindlimb kinematics of water running in the plumed basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4363-4377

  Hsieh, S Tonia ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basiliscus plumifrons; Bipedal locomotion; Hindlimb kinematics; Iguanidae; Ontogeny; Plumed basilisk lizard; Scaling; Water running

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HINDLIMB; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BASILISCUS; BASILISCUS PLUMIFRONS; IGUANIDAE; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0347062508     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00679     Document Type: Article

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