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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

REPTILES: Lizard

Sagebrush lizard (photo by Ted Hobert)   (from CD Chapter 2)


Table 3.1. Basal or Standard Metabolic Rates at Normal Body Temperatures and Recalculated to a Uniform Body Temperature of 38'C  (from CD Chapter 3)

Metabolic rate in kJ^.Kg ^–0.75.  (Modified from Schmidt-Nielsen 1984) 



Figure 3.4.  Log-log relationships between the minimal metabolic requirements/gut capacity and the body mass of herbivorous lizards and mammals. (Adapted from data of Withers 1992, and Demment and Van Soest 1985)  (from CD Chapter 3)


Table 8.1.  (from CD Chapter 8)