Explosive Jumping: Extreme Morphological and Physiological Specializations of Australian Rocket Frogs (Litoria nasuta)
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Function, 2: Jumping Performance of Semiaquatic, Terrestrial, and Arboreal Frogs
Zug, George R. Anuran Locomotion—Structure and Function, 2: Jumping Performance of Semiaquatic, Terrestrial, and Arboreal Frogs. Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, number 276, 31 pages, 9 figures, 15 tables, 1978.—Frogs evolved as jumping machines. The earliest recognized anuran fossil possessed a foreshortened body and elongated hindlimbs, primary adaptations for jumping. The majority of ext...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1522-2152,1537-5293
DOI: 10.1086/525290