We evaluated the influence of sex and environmental temperature on thermoregulation by Aspidoscelis calidipes from Apatzingán, Mexico. Range of body temperature was 32.6–44.6°C with a mean (±1 SD) of 40.44 ± 2.55°C, which is one of the highest recorded for the genus Aspidoscelis. Body temperature did not vary as a function of sex and was strongly associated with environmental temperature (temperature of air and substrate) which may be due to territoriality.
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1 March 2014
Thermoregulation by a population of Aspidoscelis calidipes from Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico
Martha Anahí Güizado-Rodríguez,
Lorena Reyes-Vaquero,
Gustavo Casas-Andreu
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The Southwestern Naturalist
Vol. 59 • No. 1
March 2014
Vol. 59 • No. 1
March 2014