Sep 08, 2016
While these sphaerodactyl geckoshave some pretty fascinating skeletal features as we’ve shown in the picturesin our proposal. We wanted to showcase what we see when we encounter theseanimals in the field. These geckos may be small in size, but they more thanmake up for it with their striking coloration patterns! The two species of Gonatodespictured here are mainland species and the Sphaerodactylus is an islandspecies.
Adaptive radiations occur when an evolutionary lineage diversifies and adapts to use a previously unoccupied niche or underutilized resource, such as Darwin’s Finches. We seek to test hypotheses about the patterns and processes that generate an adaptive radiation by quantifying the morphological diversity of a secretive species-rich group, the New World leaf-litter geckos. We will compare the morphology of island and mainland gecko species using x-rays and photos of preserved specimens.
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