Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... less temperature range in summer than in winter , though conditions do not vary greatly along the coast . The greatest temperature range is in winter with an east wind condition . In summer , coastal winds are mostly northerly or north ...
... less temperature range in summer than in winter , though conditions do not vary greatly along the coast . The greatest temperature range is in winter with an east wind condition . In summer , coastal winds are mostly northerly or north ...
Page 64
... less heat - resistant Gerrhonotus multicarinatus ( anguid ) and Coleonyx variegatus ( eublepharid ) the Q10 remains constant over at least 20 C , including low temperatures ( Dawson 1967 ) , but in the thermo- philic iguanids ...
... less heat - resistant Gerrhonotus multicarinatus ( anguid ) and Coleonyx variegatus ( eublepharid ) the Q10 remains constant over at least 20 C , including low temperatures ( Dawson 1967 ) , but in the thermo- philic iguanids ...
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... less frequently , sought shade , and were lighter . Young were quite harmed by excessive heat . In laboratory tests 5 pregnant females that were subjected to temperatures above 35 C gave birth , usually prematurely , to 56 young , of ...
... less frequently , sought shade , and were lighter . Young were quite harmed by excessive heat . In laboratory tests 5 pregnant females that were subjected to temperatures above 35 C gave birth , usually prematurely , to 56 young , of ...
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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