Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... given area . The denser the dots , the greater the activity of the lizard within a given part of its occupied area , and the peripheral dots on the map and site markers gave the exact area . Connecting the outlying dots gave the ...
... given area . The denser the dots , the greater the activity of the lizard within a given part of its occupied area , and the peripheral dots on the map and site markers gave the exact area . Connecting the outlying dots gave the ...
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... given in Table 8. C. namaquensis body temperatures increased by 9,5 C in the first 20 minutes after which heat uptake slows . Heating during the warmer season was somewhat faster , but the environmental temperatures were also higher ...
... given in Table 8. C. namaquensis body temperatures increased by 9,5 C in the first 20 minutes after which heat uptake slows . Heating during the warmer season was somewhat faster , but the environmental temperatures were also higher ...
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... given in the section on ' Food habits ' . 12. Activity patterns : daily and seasonal Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis emerged from overnight spots inde- pendent of weather in all seasons . To be sure , prolonged days of rain ...
... given in the section on ' Food habits ' . 12. Activity patterns : daily and seasonal Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis emerged from overnight spots inde- pendent of weather in all seasons . To be sure , prolonged days of rain ...
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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