Rhinella lindae Rhinella lindae Rhinella lindae is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Colombia and known from its type locality, Murri in the municipality of Frontino, and from , both on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental, Antioquia Department. The specific name "lindae" honors , an American herpetologist. However, common name Murri beaked toad has been coined for this species. The holotype, an adult female, measures , whereas the paratype male—of unknown maturity status—measures in snout–vent length. The snout is long and acuminate. In the female, tympanic annulus is present but the tympanic membrane is
Basilar membrane membrane is also the "base" for the sensory cells of hearing, the hair cells that are equipped with "Stereocilia". There are approximately 15,000 hair cells in each human ear (see figure). This function as base of the sensory cells gave the "basilar" membrane its name, and it is again present in all land vertebrates. Due to its location, the basilar membrane places the hair cells in a position where they are adjacent to both the endolymph and the perilymph, which is a precondition of hair cell function. A third, evolutionarily younger, function of the basilar membrane is strongly developed in