Re: lizard sounds

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

There are probably a few more that just haven't been
documented yet (there's a lot of lizards out there
that no one knows much about), but Gekkota is
definitely the only group (superfamily, clade, take
you pick) that has sound widespread throughout.

There are a couple of sites that feature sound clips
of various geckos. 

See:

http://www.junglewalk.com/sound/Gecko-sounds.htm

http://www.gekkota.com/html/gecko_sounds.html

It's interesting to note how many of these sounds
could easily be mistaken for birds.

Jason


--- MICHAEL HABIB <habib@jhmi.edu> wrote:

> The only living group of lizards (to the best of my
> knowledge) that make true voiced sounds are the
> geckos.  Several can bark, while many can squeak
> loudly.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --MH
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:07 pm
> Subject: lizard sounds
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> 
> 
> > The komodo thread made me curious about lizards. 
> Do any lizards make 
> > throat sounds other than hissing?  
> >  JimC 
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"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


 
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