Chapter 10 Web Links

Zebra-tailed lizard running bipedally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExyMxKDxT9M

Basilisk lizard (Basiliscus plumifrons) running on water
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/deadliest-jesus-christ-lizard

Gaits of the Australian freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co7bJlJliEs
This video shows the high walk and galloping.

Jumping frogs:

Gap-bridging by the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3b6MOFXf0)

Juvenile green turtles swimming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTVxifGZ0oQ

Curvilinear and concertina locomotion by snakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpyMKIb2g1M

Rectilinear locomotion by boas
http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/84/20130188.figures-only

A Namib Desert sidewinder (Bitis peringueyi)
http://vimeo.com/59288377

Locomotion by sidewinders and other vipers
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6206/224/suppl/DC1
These links to videos show the ease with which sidewinders move on loose sand and the difficulty that non-sidewinding vipers experience. Another video shows a sidewinder robot in action.

Couch’s spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUTc0AaNC_E
The toad is using the spades on its hind feet to dig backward into the substrate.

Sand-diving lizards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrg6M3Iqb0
Although the video is titled sand-swimming, we characterize these three lizards as sand-divers.

Sand-swimming:

Parachuting and gliding by frogs, lizards, and snakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UczKUylZDv8

This video shows how specialized muscles move snake skin and propel the skeleton forward during rectilinear movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwHkAMo-Mj0&t=53s

This video shows how brown tree snakes cantilever their bodies to bridge gaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8uubvO4Ids

This video shows how the cross-sectional body shape of a snake interacts with the surface texture of the substrate and the angle of incline as snakes climb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSHVAjULyI

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