19/03/2011

Salamander movement

http://www.serialcereal.com/gallery/asale/salamanderbig.html

The skeletons of salamanders and newts are adapted for a primitive form of walking. The skeleton is relatively unossified with a long vertebral column. The forelimbs and hind limbs are the same size and the humerus and femur are held horizontally to the body. The animals advance their diagonally opposite feet each time the body bends.

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