Body temperature of chameleons…

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Chameleon Queen
“This study had two major objectives. The first was to add to the very limited set of information available on the thermal biology of chameleons”…
“The second objective was to summarize available information on the thermal biology of the Chamaeleonidae and to compare this information with that of other diurnal lizards”…
https://www.faculty.biol.vt.edu/andrews/WebPage/WebPage/pdfs/And_TB08.pdf

”our results show that chameleons are adapted to their current habitat with shifts in the preferred and critical thermal maximum temperatures. Moreover, thermal performance curves tend to be right-shifted in the xeric environment-adapted species.”…
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb...8/Impact-of-temperature-on-performance-in-two
 
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