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The Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Arboreal Locomotion in Tetrapods: Leaping and Gliding in Arboreal Amphibians

2025-07-11

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Humans have been fascinated by amphibians that leap and glide from trees for centuries, possibly millennia. Here, I discuss aerial behavior and functional morphology along a gradient of arboreality to better understand the biomechanics of and adaptations for leaping and gliding in amphibians. Even nonarboreal frogs and toads experience short-term airborne flight after takeoff and reliably engage in aerial righting...

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Literature Corpus work: d895c43f-72d6-5a1c-9290-8578f5acb70b
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202507.0990.v1

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