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i know little about lizards so this may sound dumb to some of you.

can lizards hear? can all hear or just some?
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino call king (zuess)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

yes they can... they have visable ear openings

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0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.0.1 Mexican Boa
0.1 Red tail boa
1.1.5 Corn Snake
1.2 Bearded Dragon
0.1 Ball Python
3.4 Leopard Gecko
0.0.1 Marbled Gecko
1.0 Crested Gecko
1.0 Russian Tortoise
0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad
0.0.1 White's Tree Frog
0.0.1 Pacman
0.0.1 Sudan Plated Lizard
0.1 Banana Cali. King
0.0.2 Egyptian Toads
1.0.1 Bullfrog
0.0.3 Golden Geckos
0.1 Skunk gecko
1.1 Western Hognose
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.0.1 cali. toad
2.1 Canine

didnt know that.

last lizard ive been aroung was an ig, about ten years ago.
im mostly a snake guy so when it comes to lizards, i havnt a clue
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino call king (zuess)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

Some lizards have an opening and some don't. Most geckos are vocal so they seem to have good hearing. Chameleons have no external opening to the ears...they can still hear but not nearly as well as geckos seem to.
http://www.anapsid.org/reptilehearing.html

Veiled chameleons make sounds that are below our range of hearing and the vibrations travel through the branches.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/5014/hoot.html

Here are some other sites about hearing that you might like to read...
http://coloherp.org/cb-news/Vol-29/cbn-0204/index.php
http://coloherp.org/cb-news/Vol-29/cbn-0201/index.php

There are lots more sites if you google "lizards AND hearing".