Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... active in the extreme midday desert heat at environmental temperatures lethal to most birds , and probably all mammals . Dipsosaurus is active with a body temperature of 47,0 C on sub- strates reaching 60,0 C. A Chamaeleo namaquensis active ...
... active in the extreme midday desert heat at environmental temperatures lethal to most birds , and probably all mammals . Dipsosaurus is active with a body temperature of 47,0 C on sub- strates reaching 60,0 C. A Chamaeleo namaquensis active ...
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... active Q10 exceeding that for resting individuals . Active Chamaeleo pumilus had the greatest Q10 value ( 1,29 ) for oxygen consumption over 5-15 C , dropping slightly ( 1,26 ) over 15-25 C within the thermal preferendum of this species ...
... active Q10 exceeding that for resting individuals . Active Chamaeleo pumilus had the greatest Q10 value ( 1,29 ) for oxygen consumption over 5-15 C , dropping slightly ( 1,26 ) over 15-25 C within the thermal preferendum of this species ...
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... active from 18,5 C to 36,2 C ( mean 29,3 C ) . While body tempera- tures of C. pumilus varied according to the ... active Q10 ( 1,29 ) value was over the 5-15 C range . The peak oxygen consumption of 15 C. namaquensis was at 35 C , while ...
... active from 18,5 C to 36,2 C ( mean 29,3 C ) . While body tempera- tures of C. pumilus varied according to the ... active Q10 ( 1,29 ) value was over the 5-15 C range . The peak oxygen consumption of 15 C. namaquensis was at 35 C , while ...
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active adults agamid air sacs Amphibolurus animals Anolis basiliscus behaviour bitaeniatus body compression body temperatures body weight Bourgat Burrage Bustard captivity Chamaeleo namaquensis Chamaeleo pardalis Chamaeleo pumilus chamaeleons clutches coastal colour change colour index colour lability cooling corpora lutea dark Dawson density dermal deserticulous dilepis Dipsosaurus dorsalis dune sand environmental temperatures ERSITY fat bodies February female Chamaeleo field FitzSimons 1943 Gobabeb gravel habitat haematocrit heat hohnelii hummocks iguana iguanid incubation inland June juveniles Kuiseb litter lizards lungs males Mayhew Microsaura Namib Desert observed ovarian oviducal eggs oviposition ovulated oxygen consumption parentheses pattern population prey quensis Range Mean recorded rehydrated reproductive reptiles Rhoptropus SAN DIEGO saurians Sceloporus Schmidt-Nielsen season skin species sperm Stellenbosch substrate Swakop River Table tail teeth tenebrionids territories thermal thermoregulation thermoregulatory UNIV Uta stansburiana Uta stansburiana hesperis vegetation viviparous Walvis Bay warming water loss wind young Zoond