Jaw and hyolingual movements during prey transport in varanid lizards: Effects of prey type

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-170

  Schaerlaeken, Vicky ^a   Montuelle, Stéphane J ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hyolingual movements; Inertial feeding; Prey characteristics; Varanids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYOID BONE; JAW; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYOID BONE; JAW; LIZARDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS NILOTICUS; VARANUS ORNATUS;

EID: 79959597699     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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