Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... discussed later . These data are taken from Brattstrom ( 1965 ) , though recent data have been included . Where the incorporation of new data differs from those of Brattstrom , the newer source has been credited . Chamaeleo pumilus dies ...
... discussed later . These data are taken from Brattstrom ( 1965 ) , though recent data have been included . Where the incorporation of new data differs from those of Brattstrom , the newer source has been credited . Chamaeleo pumilus dies ...
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... discussed later in the section on reproduction . C. pumilus occurs sparsely in montane valleys and is subject there to lower environmental temperatures than those inhabiting lowlands . = The chief co - inhabitant of C. pumilus is the ...
... discussed later in the section on reproduction . C. pumilus occurs sparsely in montane valleys and is subject there to lower environmental temperatures than those inhabiting lowlands . = The chief co - inhabitant of C. pumilus is the ...
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... discussed elsewhere . The slightly higher Q10 of C. pumilus between 5-15 C indicates its ability to be active at low temperatures . Water loss in respiration is discussed in the section on ' Water and salt balance ' , and further ...
... discussed elsewhere . The slightly higher Q10 of C. pumilus between 5-15 C indicates its ability to be active at low temperatures . Water loss in respiration is discussed in the section on ' Water and salt balance ' , and further ...
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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