Between a rock and a soft place: Microtopography of the locomotor substrate and the morphology of the setal fields of Namibian day geckos (Gekkota: Gekkonidae: Rhoptropus)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-318

  Russell, Anthony P ^a   Johnson, Megan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gekkota; Locomotion; Rhoptropus; Setae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATE;

GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; PHELSUMA; RHOPTROPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84901694238     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/azo.12028     Document Type: Article

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