Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... substrate surface temperature directly beneath the animal is warmer by one or two degrees to that of exposed substrates . The animals remain still , moving out only for passing prey , territorial challenges , and courtship . Under fair ...
... substrate surface temperature directly beneath the animal is warmer by one or two degrees to that of exposed substrates . The animals remain still , moving out only for passing prey , territorial challenges , and courtship . Under fair ...
Page 59
... substrate . The air temperature at two metres and the heat load in a reflector oven are stultifying and the light dazzling , yet C. namaquensis seems quite at ease , pallid to the sun , patterned to the reverse , and always at a body ...
... substrate . The air temperature at two metres and the heat load in a reflector oven are stultifying and the light dazzling , yet C. namaquensis seems quite at ease , pallid to the sun , patterned to the reverse , and always at a body ...
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... substrate heating . These emergent control factors are also noted in another iguanid , Sceloporus orcutti ( Mayhew 1962 ) , and the teiids Cnemidophorus sexlineatus ( Fitch 1958 ; Hardy 1962 ) , C. sacki , C. perplexus , C. tessellatus ...
... substrate heating . These emergent control factors are also noted in another iguanid , Sceloporus orcutti ( Mayhew 1962 ) , and the teiids Cnemidophorus sexlineatus ( Fitch 1958 ; Hardy 1962 ) , C. sacki , C. perplexus , C. tessellatus ...
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