Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions in teiid lizards

Geoffrey A. Manley, Andrea Wartini, Gabriele Schwabedissen, Elke Siegl

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Abstract

SOAE from the last major lizard family not yet systematically investigated, the teiids, were collected from the genera Callopistes, Tupinambis and Cnemidophorus. Although their papillae show characteristics of the family Teiidae, the papillae differ both in their size and in the arrangement of uni- and bi-directional hair-cell areas. Among these three genera, Callopistes showed few (2 or 3) SOAE peaks, whereas the other two genera showed more (up to 6 per ear). In the absence of knowledge of the tonotopic maps, however, it was not possible to clearly relate the spectral patterns to the differences in papillar anatomy, suggesting that the determinants of these patterns may be more subtle than anticipated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)98-108
Number of pages11
JournalHearing Research
Volume363
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Lizard
  • Otoacoustic emission
  • Suppression tuning
  • Temperature effect

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