The Amphibian Ear / / Ernest Glen Wever.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wever, Ernest Glen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 45
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)

Professor Wever studies the structure of the ear and its functioning as a receptor of sounds in all amphibian species (139) for which living representatives could be obtained.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• PART I . INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1. Nature and Origin of the Amphibia
• Chapter 2. Experimental Methods
• Chapter 3. General Anatomy of the Amphibian Ear
• PART II. THE ANURANS
• Chapter 4. The Primitive Frogs:The Ascaphidae and Discoglossidae
• Chapter 5. The Primitive Frogs: The Pipidae and Rhinophrynidae
• Chapter 6. The Intermediate Frogs: The Pelobatidae
• Chapter 7. The Advanced Frogs: The Leptodactylidae and Bufonidae
• Chapter 8. The Advanced Frogs: BrachycephaJidae, Rhinodermatidae, Dendrobatidae, Hylidae, and Centrolenidae
• Chapter 9. The MicrohyJidae
• Chapter 10. The Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, and Hyperoliidae
• PART III. THE URODELES
• Chapter 11. The Salamander Ear
• Chapter 12. The Hynobiidae and Cryptobranchidae
• Chapter 13. The Sirenidae
• Chapter 14. The Salamandridae: The Newts
• Chapter 15. The Proteidae and Amphiumidae
• Chapter 16. The Ambystomatidae
• Chapter 17. The Plethodontidae: The Lungless Salamanders
• PART IV. THE CAECILIANS
• Chapter 18. The Caecilian Ear
• Chapter 19. The Caeciliidae and Ichthyophiidae
• PART V. THE EVOLUTION OF THE EAR
• Chapter 20. The Amphibian Ear in Evolution
• Glossary
• References
• Index