Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... higher , the range of body temperatures is about the same for the respective populations , regardless of weather conditions . Most diurnal desert lizards have far higher mean body temperatures than C. namaquensis ( Table 6 ) and this is ...
... higher , the range of body temperatures is about the same for the respective populations , regardless of weather conditions . Most diurnal desert lizards have far higher mean body temperatures than C. namaquensis ( Table 6 ) and this is ...
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... higher than the chamaeleon and has a higher mean body temperature . Mabuya capensis is rarely active in rainy weather , and usually keeps within dense vegetation avoiding exposure to the weather as does Chamaeleo pumilus . Mabuya ...
... higher than the chamaeleon and has a higher mean body temperature . Mabuya capensis is rarely active in rainy weather , and usually keeps within dense vegetation avoiding exposure to the weather as does Chamaeleo pumilus . Mabuya ...
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... 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 remarks on metabolism are given in the ...
... 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 remarks on metabolism are given in the ...
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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