Dr Marco Camaiti

Vertebrate morphologist. Science fiction would-be writer. Skink nerd. Currently based at NHM.

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

What happens to a lizard's skeleton when it reduces or loses it legs?
In our latest paper, we examine the evolution of girdle shapes in limb-reduced skinks, uncovering surprising and bizarre skeletal changes.

Check it out here: https://t.co/JjkxdhgxPn

[James Mulqueeney @JamesMulqueeney]

New review paper on using AI to analyse Evolutionary Morphology is officially out! Was great to part of a large collaborative team writing this.

https://t.co/2gRSHAxpey

[Prof. Anjali Goswami FRS @anjgoswami]

Our new paper on #AI for evolutionary morphology is out @ICB_journal! This massive team effort covers the history of AI for studying morphology, reviews new tools, provides many case studies & a prospectus for using AI to progress diverse topics in evolutionary morphology.

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

How do lizard skeletons adapt to the evolutionary reduction of limbs? https://t.co/Dx2hK05mkf
#ProcB #OpenAccess @Scincomancer @chapple_lab @DrTeethAl @EvoMorphoLab_KU

[Prof. Anjali Goswami FRS @anjgoswami]

We got the whole gang together (actually a few gangs) for a 9 hour power session to finish off our new team-written review paper on #AI for evolutionary morphology. 50 pages and 6 case studies later, the preprint is out! https://t.co/OqOTpNDXpm. Website w/ links to tools up soon!

[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society @ZoolJLinnSoc]

This months #EditorsChoice describes the ecomorphological correlates of the inner ear labyrinth of #Australian skinks! Find out more below 👇🦎
https://t.co/cSTC76dPPO
@LinneanSociety @OxfordJournals @Scincomancer

[Jules Farquhar @FarquharJules]

🚨🦎Have you been wondering what a skink is? Check out our new paper🦎 🚨

We’re certain that the term “kebabs to noodles continuum” will be widely used by scientists in no time 😂

https://t.co/irFYPJynJy @chapple_lab @skinks_IUCN @AlexSlavenko @Scincomancer @uncshai @r_tingley

[Studio Tmesis @tmesis_studio]

WE ARE ONLINE OMG

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@skinkomaniac @avrajjal @kanishkauku Glad that someone finally let us know more about these amazing Sri-Lankan skinks!

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@BBM_Wong @MichaelGBertram Enjoy my city Bob!

[Dr James Rule @Palaeo_JRule]

New paper by my colleagues and I on the reproductive anatomy of a leopard seal 🦭

Leopard seal reproduction is mostly unknown. This note from a @MonashUni dissection discusses the importance of morphology in providing some clues.

Open access paper here: https://t.co/70Dqba8MsX

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

Interested in the hidden sensory superpowers of limb-reduced skinks? Look no further than our new publication on the inner ears of these critters! https://t.co/cdI0vQOYxu

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@PutterT @ian_g_brennan @Keogh_Lab Congrats Putter! Very pleased to see your research out

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@itsrobotface If you told me it was a species of an Australian Lerista I would have believed you. These genera look almost exactly the same.

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@Ecamerlenghi Quando vuoi!

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

More journals should do these ECR features. They're a nice way to publicise research, and researchers!

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

ECR feature: Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer shares his recent study on biogeographic patterns of limb reduction in the world's skinks.

Read more here: https://t.co/FmA0AVa3cm

#biogeography #skinks #lizards

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@DSRovinsky extra-slow metabolism. If I ate two or three meals a day I would gain weight at breakneck speed.

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@KristaLerista We found this while looking for Leristas during my fieldwork. I feel truly blessed to have seen one with my two eyes.

[Dr Marco Camaiti @Scincomancer]

@AlexSlavenko @KristaLerista Me: "... and if you look at their tiny arms, you realise that the best animal must naturally be a limb-reduced lizard"