Scientific Rotoscoping: Locomotion of the Blue-tongued Skink

This video shows the method ’XROMM - Scientific Rotoscoping’ in an animation of blue-tongued skink locomotion. The real movement of the animal, which is captured by x-ray videos, is translated in an animation using 3D-reconstructions of the animal’s bones. This procedure has been used for a comprehensive analysis of the kinematics and mechanics of blue-tongued skink locomotion, which can be found in Nyakatura, J. A., Andrada, E., Curth, S., & Fischer, M. S. (2014). Bridging “Romer’s Gap”: Limb Mechanics o