Hemidactylus platyurus performing a high-speed inversion on a leaf - Journal.pone.0038003.s005
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Description: English: A wild-caught flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus, performs a high-speed inversion while running on a leaf in the rainforest of Singapore. Left panel shows bottom view and right panel show top view. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X. Date: 7 June 2012. Source: Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, et al. (2012) Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038003. Author: Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, et al. (2012) Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038003.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Lepidosauromorpha
- Lepidosauria (lepidosaur)
- Squamata (lizards and snakes)
- Gekkota (geckos)
- Gekkonidae (geckos)
- Hemidactylus (Elba Gecko)
- Hemidactylus platyurus (Flat-tailed House Gecko)
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- Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, et al. (2012) Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038003
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- Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, et al. (2012) Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038003
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- Mongeau J-M, McRae B, Jusufi A, Birkmeyer P, Hoover AM, et al. (2012) Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges. PLoS ONE 7(6): e38003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038003
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