Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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Page 63
... head . Closure of the internal jugular veins accompanies an increased heat flux from the head to the body in Phrynosoma , which Heath ( 1963 ) feels may be important in the thermoregulation of these lizards . Dissection revealed sinuses ...
... head . Closure of the internal jugular veins accompanies an increased heat flux from the head to the body in Phrynosoma , which Heath ( 1963 ) feels may be important in the thermoregulation of these lizards . Dissection revealed sinuses ...
Page 101
... Head bobs I and 5 were at the top arm of the right ' T ' , and head bob 2 at the top of the left ' T ' . These bobs were more like flicks , so quickly and precisely were they executed . An entire set was delivered in 1,2 to 1,4 ( X 1,35 ...
... Head bobs I and 5 were at the top arm of the right ' T ' , and head bob 2 at the top of the left ' T ' . These bobs were more like flicks , so quickly and precisely were they executed . An entire set was delivered in 1,2 to 1,4 ( X 1,35 ...
Page 111
... head - bobbing in other lizards , but in C. namaquensis the body and head bob in unison , as it were . However , the head concurrently describes a horizontal ' S ' - shaped bobbing in challenge , which may evidence itself in initiation ...
... head - bobbing in other lizards , but in C. namaquensis the body and head bob in unison , as it were . However , the head concurrently describes a horizontal ' S ' - shaped bobbing in challenge , which may evidence itself in initiation ...
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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