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===In amphibians=== Three species of toads, the [[common toad]] (''Bufo bufo''), [[Bufo viridis|green toad]] (''Bufo viridis'') and the [[cane toad]] (''Bufo marinus'') show stronger escape and defensive responses when a model predator was placed on the toad's left side compared to their right side.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Lippolis, G., Bisazza, A., Rogers, L. J. and Vallortigara, G.|year=2002|title=Lateralisation of predator avoidance responses in three species of toads|journal=Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition|volume=7|issue=2|pages=163β183|doi=10.1080/13576500143000221|pmid=15513195|citeseerx=10.1.1.511.7850|s2cid=14978610}}</ref> [[Emei music frog]]s (''Babina daunchina'') have a right-ear preference for positive or neutral signals such as a conspecific's advertisement call and white noise, but a left-ear preference for negative signals such as predatory attack.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Xue, F., Fang, G., Yang, P., Zhao, E., Brauth, S. E. and Tang, Y.|year=2015|title=The biological significance of acoustic stimuli determines ear preference in the music frog|journal=The Journal of Experimental Biology|volume=218|issue=5|pages=740β747|doi=10.1242/jeb.114694|pmid=25740903|doi-access=free|bibcode=2015JExpB.218..740X }}</ref>
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