ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2025
Preserved reptile scales retain microscopic features, revealing a new instance of convergent evolution.
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- Comparative micro-ornamentation patterns of reptile skin: Phylogeny-ecology debate and species-specific variations.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Preserved reptile scales retain microscopic features, revealing a new instance of convergent evolution.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
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Small-scale structures on biological surfaces can profoundly impact how animals move, appear and interact with their environments. Such textures may be especially important for limbless reptiles, such as snakes and legless lizards, because their skin serves as the primary interface with the world around them. Here, we examine ventral microstructures of several limbless reptiles, which are hypothesized to be highly specialized to aid locomotion via frictional interactions. Inspired by prior studies that investigated potential links between microtextures, phylogeny, habitat and locomotion-but that were limited by their reliance on shed skins-we characterized the structures present on preserved museum specimens and found that they are quantitatively similar to those found on shed skins. Using this result, we confirmed a previously hypothesized-but untested due to the lack of shed skins-third independent evolution of sidewinding-specific isotropic microtexture. Specifically, we examined a museum-preserved
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