Effects of Surface Roughness on the Locomotion of a Long-Tailed Lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi Amaral, 1933 (Gymnophthalmidae: Heterodactylini)

We analyzed the locomotor behavior of a long-tailed, forest floor, and leaf litter lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi, a species that retains the generalized Gymnophthalmidae Bauplan whilst presenting the discrete toe reduction associated with the Bachia-like pattern of limb reduction. We videotaped ind...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Höfling, Sabine Renous, Felipe Franco Curcio, André Eterovic, Pérsio de Souza Santos Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Zoology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/627470
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