Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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Page 99
... males were outnumbered by a considerable margin . Only in November were female C. pumilus greatly outnumbered by males . Juvenile C. namaquensis ( Table 30 ) were predominant in February ( 58,5 % coastal ; 53,4 % overall ) and a ...
... males were outnumbered by a considerable margin . Only in November were female C. pumilus greatly outnumbered by males . Juvenile C. namaquensis ( Table 30 ) were predominant in February ( 58,5 % coastal ; 53,4 % overall ) and a ...
Page 109
... males fought several times over a path between their boundaries . Fighting decreased and eventually display along ... Males are the smaller sex in C. namaquensis and C. pumilus . Male C. pumilus have a slightly longer tail length ( 49-56 ...
... males fought several times over a path between their boundaries . Fighting decreased and eventually display along ... Males are the smaller sex in C. namaquensis and C. pumilus . Male C. pumilus have a slightly longer tail length ( 49-56 ...
Page 120
... males , which are also subject to cyclical fat body changes , has not been investigated . Hahn & Tinkle showed that ... males and females , respectively , and Tables 43 and 44 for C. namaquensis males and females , respectively , and ...
... males , which are also subject to cyclical fat body changes , has not been investigated . Hahn & Tinkle showed that ... males and females , respectively , and Tables 43 and 44 for C. namaquensis males and females , respectively , and ...
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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