Exceptional high-frequency hearing and matched vocalizations in Australian pygopod geckos

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1876-1885

  Manley, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Kraus, Johanna E M ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Audition; Gecko; Lizard hearing; Lizard vocalization; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEARING; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; HEARING; LIZARDS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DELMA; DELMA FRASERI; DELMA HAROLDI; DELMA PAX; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952679773     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040196     Document Type: Article

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