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  • Title: Scanning electron microscope studies of the auditory papillae of some iguanid lizards.
    Author: Miller MR.
    Journal: Am J Anat; 1981 Sep; 162(1):55-72. PubMed ID: 7304475.
    Abstract:
    The papillae basilares of 16 species (10 general) of iguanid lizards were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Variations in the surface structures of the auditory papillae showed the following major differences: 1)papillae with localization of the unidirectional hair cells at the apical end of the papilla (anolis carolinensis); 2)papillae with absence or loss of a portion of the apical bidirectional hair-cell segment (Basiliscus basiliscus); 3)papillae with a central, short ciliated, unidirectional hair-cell segment, and 3-6 irregular rows of long-ciliated bidirectional hair cells located in the apical and basal regions (Iguana iguana, Crotaphytus collaris, C. wislizeni, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, Sauromalus obesus); 4)papillae in which the apical and basal bidirectional hair-cell segments are reduced to two rows of hair cells (Sceloporus occidentalis, S. clarki, S. orcutti, S. jarrovi, S. undulatus, S. magister, Callisaurus draconoides, Uta stansburiana). The above differences in auditory papilla structure agree closely with other anatomical differences that delineate iguanid assemblages. Thus the species in the four groups above fall respectively into the following iguanid groups: 1)anolines, 2)basiliscines, 3)iguanines, and 4)sceloporines.
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