ENERGY AND WATER TURNOVER RATES OF A FREE-LIVING AND CAPTIVE GOANNA, VARANUS-CAUDOLINEATUS (LACERTILIA, VARANIDAE)

Authors
THOMPSON GG BRADSHAW SD WITHERS PC
Citation
Gg. Thompson et al., ENERGY AND WATER TURNOVER RATES OF A FREE-LIVING AND CAPTIVE GOANNA, VARANUS-CAUDOLINEATUS (LACERTILIA, VARANIDAE), Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Section A: Comparative physiology, 116(2), 1997, pp. 105-111
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Section A: Comparative physiology
ISSN journal
10956433 → ACNP
Volume
116
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
105 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
1095-6433(1997)116:2<105:EAWTRO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The small, arboreal goanna, Varanus caudolineatus, has a field metabol ic rate of approximately 0.46 mt CO2 g(-1) hr(-1) and a daily water in take requirement of approximately 31.6 mt kg(-1) day(-1) measured duri ng the summer. V. caudolineatus held in a controlled-temperature envir onment of 35 degrees C have lower metabolic (0.25 mt CO2 g(-1) hr(-1)) and water flux (24.9 mt H2O kg(-1) d(-1)) rates than those in the fie ld. Body water content was approximately 80% for V. caudolineatus. Cop yright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Inc.