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
- High-speed video of a basilisk lizard in a laboratory setting
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/lauder/videos/13_lizard/lizard.mov
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:
- The leg muscles are stretched before the jump starts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKpJElwama8
As a result, elastic recoil contributes to the force exerted by the legs. - Long legs increase velocity by extending the time that force is exerted on the substrate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbySmHJp30E
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
- In this sequence a light shining beneath the snake shows portions of the body being lifted off the substrate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXpmGmUssWs
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:
- By the sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus)
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/325/5938/314/suppl/DC1
(Scroll to the movie links at the bottom of the page.) - By the shovel-nosed sand snake (Chionactis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfzWraq_rWE
Parachuting and gliding by frogs, lizards, and snakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UczKUylZDv8
- The paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)
http://flyingsnake.org/ - Aerodynamic aspects of gliding by the paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtlpfTwzziY&feature=youtu.be
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