2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-009-9072-9
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Morphology and Histology of the Tongue and Oral Chamber of Eublepharis macularius (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with Special Reference to the Foretongue and its Role in Fluid Uptake and Transport

Abstract: Detailed descriptions of tongue morphology of members of Squamata that refer to functional implications other than food processing are rare. Herein we focus on the morphology of the dorsal epithelium and internal structure of the tongue of the Leopard Gecko, Eublepharis macularius, emphasizing the foretongue and its relation to fluid uptake. We employ both scanning electron microscopy and serial histology to examine the morphology of the entire tongue, its component regions, and its situation in the oral chamb… Show more

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“…It has been referred that these substances are helping the tongue adhesion and swallowing of the food easily; this has been also documented in other vertebrates [6,24,41,49]. The tongue shows stronger reaction for protein stained with bromophenol technique in the lingual glands of C. niloticus compared with moderate reaction of T. annularis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…It has been referred that these substances are helping the tongue adhesion and swallowing of the food easily; this has been also documented in other vertebrates [6,24,41,49]. The tongue shows stronger reaction for protein stained with bromophenol technique in the lingual glands of C. niloticus compared with moderate reaction of T. annularis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…Nasr et al (2012) mentioned that the presence of taste buds on the tongue tip of the rat may play an important role in receiving chemical and mechanical information of food. On other hand, some authors failed to detect taste buds in Eublepharis macularius (Jamniczky et al, 2009), in Podarcis sicula (Abbate et al, 2010), and in Ptyodactylus guttatus and Stenodactylus petrii (Darwish, 2012).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this case, the aversive effect could be mediated by gustation, which is also well developed in green lizards (Schwenk, 1985;Cooper, 1991). The absence of any aversive effect of oxoaldehyde on leopard geckos (Gregorovičová andČerníková, unpublished data) may be related to their poorly developed sense of gustation (Schwenk, 1985;Jamniczky et al, 2009). On the other hand, oxoaldehyde has a strong aversive effect on birds (Gregorovičová et al, unpublished data), presumably due to their relatively well developed gustatory sense (Mason and Clark, 2000).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%