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XX. Physiology and Biochemistry 



a. Blood 



Baker, E.G.,S. Klein, and L. Klein. 1933. Comparative erythrocyte counts of 

 representative vertebrates. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 41:417-418. 



Dent, J.N. and R.J. Schuellein. 1950. A consideration of the prothrombin times 

 of several amphibians with notes of effects of parasitization and disease. 

 Physiol. Zool. 23:23-27. 



Gratzer, W.B. and A.C. Allison. 1960. Multiple haemoglobins. Biol. Rev. 35: 

 459-506. 



Hebard, W. B. 1964. Serum-protein electrophoretic patterns of the Amphibia. 



p. 649-657. In^ Leone, Charles A. , ed. Taxonomic biochemistry and serology. 

 Ronald Press, New York. 728 p. 



Hutchinson, V.H, and H. Szarski. 1965. Number of erythrocytes in some amphibians 

 and reptiles. Copeia 1965:373-375. 



Kaplan, H.M. 1952. Variation in white blood cells between normal and red-leg frogs. 

 Trans. 111. Acad. Sci. 45:170-176. 



Kaplan, H.M. , R.M. Presley, and W.H. Paris. 1953. Factors influencing the packed 

 cell volume of frog blood. Trans. 111. Acad. Sci. 46:203-207. 



Leftwich, F.B. 1958. Blood oxygen capacity in frogs. Va. J. Sci. N.S. 9(1958) :397. 



Leftwich, F.B. and J.D. Burke. 1964. Blood oxygen capacity in ranid frogs. Amer. 

 Midi. Natur. 72:241-248. 



Langille, B.L. and B. Crisp. 1980. Temperature dependence of blood viscosity in 



frogs and turtles: effect on heat exchange with environment. Am. J. Physiol. 

 239:R248-R253. 



Szarski, H. and Czopek, G. 1966. Erythrocyte diameter in some amphibians and 

 reptiles. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. (Sci. Biol.) 14:433-437. 



b. Body Weight 



Davison, J. 1955. Body weight, cell surface, and metabolic rate in anuran Amphibia. 

 Biol. Bull. Woods Hole 109:407-419. 



Jenssen, Thomas, A. 1972. Seasonal organ weights of the green frog, Rana clamitans 

 (Anura, Ranidae), under natural conditions. Trans. Illinois Acad. Sci. 65(3,4): 

 15-24. 



c. Digestive System 



Freed, Jerome J. 1955. The relation of nucleic acid and protein to pancreatic 

 secretions in the Rana clamitans tadpoles. Exp. Cell Res. 9:17-34. 



Frye, B.E. 1962. The effect of pancreatectomy on blood glucose levels of meta- 

 morphosing anuran larvae. Amer. Zool. 2:410 (Abstr. ) . 



