Analysis of prey capture and food transport kinematics in two Asian box turtles, Cuora amboinensis and Cuora flavomarginata (Chelonia, Geoemydidae), with emphasis on terrestrial feeding patterns

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-127

  Natchev, Nikolay ^a   Heiss, Egon ^a   Lemell, Patrick ^a   Stratev, Daniel ^b   Weisgram, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Box turtles; Feeding mode; Food prehension; Head morphology; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TONGUE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; SKULL; TONGUE; TURTLES;

CUORA; CUORA AMBOINENSIS; CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA; EMYDIDAE; GEOEMYDIDAE; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 59749096596     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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