...Dale Ritter ABSTRACT It was recently reported that the epaxial muscles of a lizard, Varanus salvator , function to stabilize the trunk during locomotion, and it was suggested that this stabilizing role may be a shared derived feature of amniotes. This result was unexpected because it had previously...

...Dale Ritter ABSTRACT The pattern of electromyographic activity in the epaxial muscles of walking and running lizards (water monitors, Varanus salvator ) was quantified with high-speed video and synchronized electromyography. Muscle denervation experiments were performed and ground reaction forces...