Evolution of chameleon locomotion, or how to become arboreal as a reptile

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-74

  Fischer, Martin S ^a   Krause, Cornelia ^a   Lilje, Karin E ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arboreal locomotion; Chamaeleo calyptratus; Kinematic analysis; X ray motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; SHOULDER JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREES;

CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; THERIA;

EID: 77950339071     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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