FOOD-INTAKE, ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY, AND GROWTH OF JUVENILE LIZARDS TAKYDROMUS-SEPTENTRIONALIS

Authors
JI X ZHOU WH HE GB GU HQ
Citation
X. Ji et al., FOOD-INTAKE, ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY, AND GROWTH OF JUVENILE LIZARDS TAKYDROMUS-SEPTENTRIONALIS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 105(2), 1993, pp. 283-285
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
105
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
283 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1993)105:2<283:FAEAGO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
1. Juvenile Takydromus septentrionalis at 28, 30 and 32-degrees-C exhi bited no significant differences in food intake but significant differ ences in weight-specific food intake, with the highest food intake (38 4.6 cal/day) and the highest weight-specific food intake (195.2 cal/g/ day) occurring at 32 and at 30-degrees-C, respectively. 2. The assimil ation efficiencies at 28, 30 and 32-degrees-C averaged 87.7, 88.7 and 83.3%, respectively. 3. No significant differences in growth were obse rved among lizards at different temperatures.