Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... litter sizes as high as 21 young as did Spence ( 1966 ) for Microsaura damarana ( = C. pumilus ) . Of viviparous chamaeleons , the overall average of young per litter is about 10 , according to data from this study , Abel ( 1931 ) ...
... litter sizes as high as 21 young as did Spence ( 1966 ) for Microsaura damarana ( = C. pumilus ) . Of viviparous chamaeleons , the overall average of young per litter is about 10 , according to data from this study , Abel ( 1931 ) ...
Page 135
... litter size , a second small September litter proceeded ( ovulated ) to oviducal develop- ment . The relationship of the difference of follicle sizes and developing embryos is shown in Tables 37 and 42. The September litters had the ...
... litter size , a second small September litter proceeded ( ovulated ) to oviducal develop- ment . The relationship of the difference of follicle sizes and developing embryos is shown in Tables 37 and 42. The September litters had the ...
Page 136
... litter . Both September litters were essentially born at the same time and have been treated as single litters ( Table 38 ) . The single small litters born in May were conceived by direct mating in February and March and represented a ...
... litter . Both September litters were essentially born at the same time and have been treated as single litters ( Table 38 ) . The single small litters born in May were conceived by direct mating in February and March and represented a ...
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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