Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... cooling , as apparently does Amblyrhynchus . Again it must be noted that the cardiac rate of chamaeleons must be ... cooling at various temperatures . C. namaquensis C. pumilus Temp . Heart Beats per Minute ° C Cooling Heating Cooling ...
... cooling , as apparently does Amblyrhynchus . Again it must be noted that the cardiac rate of chamaeleons must be ... cooling at various temperatures . C. namaquensis C. pumilus Temp . Heart Beats per Minute ° C Cooling Heating Cooling ...
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... cooling . In cooling ( pallid ) chamaeleons , there was no gain in bleb temperature , indicating peri- pheral dermal vasomotor control , which may be mediated by the change of pigment dispersal itself . A lizard being cooled constricts ...
... cooling . In cooling ( pallid ) chamaeleons , there was no gain in bleb temperature , indicating peri- pheral dermal vasomotor control , which may be mediated by the change of pigment dispersal itself . A lizard being cooled constricts ...
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... cooling . Live chamaeleons heated faster than they cooled , whereas dead ones heated and cooled at the same rate . The peak oxygen consumption in 15 C. pumilus was at 25 C , while the greatest active Q10 ( 1,29 ) value was over the 5-15 ...
... cooling . Live chamaeleons heated faster than they cooled , whereas dead ones heated and cooled at the same rate . The peak oxygen consumption in 15 C. pumilus was at 25 C , while the greatest active Q10 ( 1,29 ) value was over the 5-15 ...
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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