Elizabeth L. Brainerd, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This page contains video clips of buccal pumping, buccal oscillation, gular flutter and gular pumping in amphibians and reptiles. These clips were collected as part of a presentation made at the 2001 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Bozeman Montana (abstract available). This work has been the subject of a Scientific American online article entitled "Breathing Life into Dinosaurs."
Click on a thumbnail image to view the corresponding video clip.
(You will need QuickTime to view these videos.)
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Buccal Pump and Buccal Oscillation |
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| | Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum | | Buccal Oscillation | |  | | |
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| | Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum | | Buccal Oscillation, X-Ray | |  | | |
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| | Leopard Gecko Eublepharis macularius | | Buccal Oscillation, Lateral View | |  | | |
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| | Leopard Gecko Eublepharis macularius | | Buccal Oscillation, Frontal View | |  | | |
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| | Box Turtle Terrapene carolina | | Buccal Oscillation | |  | | |
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| | Box Turtle Terrapene carolina | | Buccal Oscillation, X-Ray | |  | | |
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| | Big-headed Turtle Platysternon megacephalum | | Buccal Oscillation, X-Ray | |  | | |
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| | American Alligator Alligator alligator | | Buccal Oscillation, Zoomed-Out | |  | | |
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| | American Alligator Alligator alligator | | Buccal Oscillation, Close-Up | |  | | |
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| | American Alligator Alligator alligator | | Gular Flutter | |  | | |
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| | American Alligator Alligator alligator | | Gular Flutter, X-Ray | |  | | |
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| | Savannah Monitor Lizard Varanus exanthematicus | | Gular Pump, X-Ray with artificial breathing sounds | |  | | |
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