... Scheidewandbildungen in der Leibeshöhle der Krokodile. Voeltzkows Reise in Ostafrika . Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse 4 , 141 - 205 . Klein , W. , Böhme , W. and Perry , S. F. ( 2000 ). The mesopneumonia and the post-hepatic septum of the Teiioidea (Reptilia: Squamata) . Acta Zool. (Stockh...

... Compliance Work of breathing Respiratory system Testudines Reptilia Pulmonary compliance is a measure of the distensibility of the lungs and can be obtained by determining the relationship between changes in lung volume and intrapulmonary pressure ( Klein et al., 2003 ). Pulmonary compliance can...

...-mail: [email protected] ) 27 6 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 acoustic communication reptilia squamata hearing behaviour western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Recently there has been a growing appreciation of the complexity of the behavioural...

.... ( 1999 ). The role of the vomeronasal organ of crotalines (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) in predator detection. Anim. Behav . 58 , 53 –57. Mullin, S. J. and Cooper, R. J. ( 1998 ). The foraging ecology of the gray rat snake ( Elaphe obsoleta spiloides ) – visual stimuli facilitate location...

..., the duration of venom flow, maximum venom flow rate and total venom volume were all significantly lower in predatory than in defensive strikes. *e-mail: [email protected] 28 9 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 feeding prey capture Reptilia squamata functional...

..., King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ‡ Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 13 11 2000 15 01 2001 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 Reptilia lizard Uromastyx microlepis buccal pump vagotomy The present study used classic...

... that, at parturition, the red cells of the neonatal snake respond to increased oxygen availability by increasing red cell NTP levels. This could have the consequence of quickly lowering oxygen affinity to, or towards, adult values. Reptilia Thamnophis elegans ATP neonate parturition erythrocyte oxygen...

... University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. 12 10 1990 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 Reptilia Thamnophis elegans pregnancy temperature oxygen affinity blood In all viviparous animals examined, with the notable exception of the cat ( Novy and Parer, 1969 ), fetal blood...

... (Crotalus viridis oreganus) to test this prediction. thermoregulation pregnancy Crotalus Reptilia Past studies have shown no consistent pattern for predicting thermoregulatory behavior by reptilian females during pregnancy. While some lizards lower body temperature ( Garrick, 1974 ; Beuchat...

... is higher in foetal than in maternal red blood cells in T. elegans . 12 5 1988 © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 Reptilia Thamnophis ATP oxygen affinity haemoglobin foetus Viviparity has apparently evolved independently in many lineages of the squamate reptiles ( Shine...

... of Biologists 1987 Bohr effect blood buffer value CO 2 dissociation curves Haldane effect oxygen affinity oxygenation enthalpy O 2 dissociation curves Reptilia Varanus niloticus Although various studies have been made upon the aerobic performance of varanid lizards ( Mitchell...

..., Denmark. 12 12 1985 © 1986 by Company of Biologists 1986 acid-base regulation bicarbonate threshold hypercapnia lizards pH compensation Reptilia Several studies have reported that reptiles may regulate their arterial acid–base status by adjustment of via changes...

.... * Present address: Department of Zoophysiology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. 17 10 1983 © 1985 by Company of Biologists 1985 Acid-base status alphastat blood gases reptilia respiration temperature turtles Turtles encounter a wide range of environmental...

... of reptilian eggs and embryos, and the evolution of viviparity within the class Reptilia . Biol. Rev . 52 , 71 – 105 . 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1977.tb01346.x PACKARD , M. J. & PACKARD , G. C. ( 1984 ). Comparative aspects of calcium metabolism in embryonic reptiles and birds...

... Blood foetal Agkistrodon Reptilia Within the class Reptilia viviparity (live bearing) appears to have evolved many times ( Tinkle & Gibbons, 1977 ). The transition from oviparity (egg laying) to viviparity is thought to have been gradual. The egg is retained within the oviduct...

.... * Present address: Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. 8 10 1982 31 1 1983 © 1983 by Company of Biologists 1983 Intracardiac shunting haemodynamics Varanus Reptilia Intracardiac shunting and the mechanisms of systemic and lung...