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3D Model of a Sandwimmer lizard from Brazil.
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The Geckolab is a reptile morphology research laboratory located at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
Our undergraduate and graduate student research focuses on reptile morphology, including projects with living and extinct groups. Skeleton of Sphaerodactylus ariasae from Isla Beata, the World's smallest gecko.
Osseous labyrinth (red) of three geckos
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The house lizards belong to a peculiar family, the Geckos, and are found even in the best-kept chambers, most frequently on the walls and ceilings, to which they cling motionless by day, being active only at night. They are of speckled grey or ashy colours. The structure of their feet is beautifully adapted for clinging to and running over smooth surfaces; the underside of their toes being expanded into cushions, beneath which folds of skin form a series of flexible plates. By means of this apparatus they can walk or run across a smooth ceiling with their backs downwards; the plated soles, by quick muscular action, exhausting and admitting air alternately. The Geckos are very repulsive in appearance.
— Bates
— Bates
