Biomechanics and kinematics of limb-based locomotion in lizards: review, synthesis and prospectus

AP Russell, V Bels - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2001 - Elsevier
The sprawling pattern of locomotion in lizards is kinematically intriguing and is underpinned
by a distinctive pattern of appendicular morphology. The statics of the sprawling posture …

[КНИГА][B] Describing species: practical taxonomic procedure for biologists

JE Winston - 1999 - books.google.com
New species are discovered every day--and cataloguing all of them has grown into a nearly
insurmountable task worldwide. Now, this definitive reference manual acts as a style guide …

[PDF][PDF] The skull of lizards and tuatara

SE Evans - Biology of the Reptilia, 2008 - academia.edu
The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara Page 1 1 The Skull of Lizards and Tuatara SuSan E. EvanS
ConTenTS I. Introduction 1 A. Definitions and Scope 1 B. Previous Literature on the …

Lizard home ranges revisited: effects of sex, body size, diet, habitat, and phylogeny

G Perry, T Garland Jr - Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The area traversed by an animal during food gathering, mating, and other routine activities is
termed the home range (HR), and its size is believed to reflect behavioral and physiological …

Distribution, extent, and evolution of plant consumption by lizards

WE Cooper Jr, LJ Vitt - Journal of Zoology, 2002 - cambridge.org
Animal diets crucially affect fitness, yet many aspects of their ultimate determinants are
unknown. The distribution and extent of herbivory in lizards, its evolutionary history, and …

The reptiles of Paraguay: literature, distribution, and an annotated taxonomic checklist

P Cacciali, NJ Scott, AL Aquino Ortíz, LA Fitzgerald… - 2016 - digitalrepository.unm.edu
Our goal is to provide a current list of reptile species of Paraguay, with maps of their known
occurrences. Surprisingly little research has been conducted on the reptile fauna of …

[HTML][HTML] Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and …

KL Krysko, JP Burgess, MR Rochford, CR Gillette… - Zootaxa, 2011 - biotaxa.org
We follow a biological invasion model that consists of a series of five consecutive obligatory
stages, concluding with stages 4a and 5 (ie, widespread= invasive species). The State of …

The comparative evolution of lizard claw and toe morphology and clinging performance

Zani - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
In this study, I utilize the expected functional relationships between claw and toe morphology
and clinging performance as a basis for examining evolutionary trends across 85 lizard taxa …

Deep history impacts present-day ecology and biodiversity

LJ Vitt, ER Pianka - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005 - pnas.org
Lizards and snakes putatively arose between the early Jurassic and late Triassic; they
diversified worldwide and now occupy many different ecological niches, making them ideal …

Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania)

DR Frost, R Etheridge, D Janies, TA Titus - American Museum Novitates, 2001 - BioOne
Using the techniques of direct optimization and sensitivity analysis, the phylogenetics of
polychrotid lizards were examined on the basis of both molecular and morphological data …