Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1973 - Natural history |
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... Thermoregulation : warming / cooling in the field 6 Thermoregulation : warming / cooling in the laboratory 3333 37 42 47 7 Cardiac rate and temperature 50 8 Summation of chamaeleon thermoregulation in comparison with other reptiles ...
... Thermoregulation : warming / cooling in the field 6 Thermoregulation : warming / cooling in the laboratory 3333 37 42 47 7 Cardiac rate and temperature 50 8 Summation of chamaeleon thermoregulation in comparison with other reptiles ...
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... thermoregulation in comparison with other reptiles ; role of posture Body compression and associated colour lability in thermoregulating Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis are discussed in detail on pages 42-7 . Body compression ' I ...
... thermoregulation in comparison with other reptiles ; role of posture Body compression and associated colour lability in thermoregulating Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis are discussed in detail on pages 42-7 . Body compression ' I ...
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... thermoregulation of these lizards . Dissection revealed sinuses in the head of both Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis , but their functional significance was not investigated ; they may possibly serve as in Phrynosoma and Dipsosaurus ...
... thermoregulation of these lizards . Dissection revealed sinuses in the head of both Chamaeleo pumilus and C. namaquensis , but their functional significance was not investigated ; they may possibly serve as in Phrynosoma and Dipsosaurus ...
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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