Abstract
1. 1. One leg muscle (m. iliofibularis) and two body wall muscles (m. obliquus externus and m. intercostalis externus) were examined in the tokay ( Gekko gecko). Using enzyme-histochemical methods for myosin-ATPase (m-ATPase), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (α-GPDH), four different fiber types are detectable in skeletal muscles of G. gecko. 2. 2. Results from the locomotor muscle m. iliofibularis represent patterns which, in general, are known from other lizard species. This muscle is divided into a predominantly oxidative and a predominantly glycolytic region. Proportion of oxidative region is greater than that in other non-varanid lizards. 3. 3. In the body wall muscles m. obliquus externus and m. intercostalis externus, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that m. obliquus externus is primarily locomotor and that m. intercostalis externus is primarily ventilatory.
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