... of biomechanical properties of temporal osteoderms in 11 lizard species reveals significant differences in stiffness between taxa, reflecting differences in microstructure and macrostructure and, likely, in function. Bone Functional morphology Squamata Osteoderms Stiffness Strain gauges Human...

.... ( 2017 ). Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis ) with exceptionally large scales . PeerJ 5 , e2955 . 10.7717/peerj.2955 Sherbrooke , W. C. ( 1990 ). Rain-harvesting in the lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum : behavior and integumental...

... Burbrink , F. T. , Grazziotin , F. G. , Pyron , R. A. , Cundall , D. , Donnellan , S. , Irish , F. , Keogh , J. S. , Kraus , F. , Murphy , R. W. , Noonan , B. et al. ( 2020 ). Interrogating genomic-scale data for Squamata (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians...

... to green iguanas, where ventilation is dominated by the true ribs. Varanus Respiration Trunk Squamata Costal movement What is the relationship between the design of the lung and the trunk in vertebrates? The use of costal inspiration and expiration is likely to be the basal condition...

.... Fossorial Gymnophthalmidae Metabolism Nocturnal Squamata Temperature Shifts in ecological niches likely affect the thermal regimes experienced by organisms ( Huey et al., 1989 ; Meiri et al., 2013 ) and are of particular relevance for vertebrate ectotherms, as temperature strongly influences...

... axis. In amniotes with double-headed ribs, rib motion is constrained primarily to one degree-of-freedom (DOF) rotation about an axis connecting the two rib articulations. However, in Squamata, the ribs are single headed and the hemispherical costovertebral joints permit rotations with three DOF...

... 2013 6 5 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 locomotion biomechanics balance lateral undulation axial squamata Many phylogenetically diverse lineages of animals use axial bending for propulsion ( Gray, 1968 ). However, compared with most other taxa...

..., particularly by claiming that snakes are either deaf or can hear only groundborne vibrations. acoustic communication reptilia squamata hearing behaviour western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 27 6 2002 * Author...

... ) to exaggerated prey capture responses (e.g. Shivik et al., 2000 ). feeding prey capture Reptilia squamata audition behaviour Saharan sand viper Cerastes cerastes. © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 10 12 2001 *e-mail: youngab@lafayette.edu ...

..., the duration of venom flow, maximum venom flow rate and total venom volume were all significantly lower in predatory than in defensive strikes. *e-mail: youngab@lafayette.edu 28 9 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 feeding prey capture Reptilia squamata functional...