Elizabeth L. Brainerd
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 was the subject of a Scientific American online article entitled "Breathing Life into Dinosaurs."
Click a thumbnail image to view the corresponding video clip.
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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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