Oxygen-uptake in snakes - is there a reduction in fossorial species

Artigo

Fecha

1994-03-01

Registro en:

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-physiology. Oxford: Pergamon-Elsevier B.V., v. 107, n. 3, p. 483-485, 1994.

0300-9629

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/32948

10.1016/0300-9629(94)90029-9

WOS:A1994NY98000007

8776757457144680

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3905392

Autor

Aarhus University (AU)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Institución

Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Brasil)

Resumen

Oxygen uptake of the fossorial blind snake (Typhlops reticulatus) and the semifossorial coral snake (Micrurus ibiboboca) was measured at 20 and 30 degrees C. Oxygen uptake of blind snakes was within the normal range, whereas oxygen uptake of coral snakes was in the lower end of values reported for snakes. The results do not support the hypothesis of reduced oxygen uptake in fossorial reptiles.

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