Gekkonid Lizards Adapt Fat Storage to Desert Environments
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 158 (3805) , 1197-1198
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3805.1197
Abstract
Coleonyx v. variegatus is adapted to feed voraciously after deprivation of food and to withstand long periods without food. In 4 days specimens converted enough food into reserves to increase their weight by about 50 percent. Total deprivation of food resulted in very gradual loss of weight, which, if maintained, would result in 4 days of feeding being sufficient to sustain the animal for periods of 6 to 9 months.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Handbook of LizardsIchthyology & Herpetology, 1946
- Field Notes on Some Arizona Reptiles and AmphibiansThe American Midland Naturalist, 1943