Table 1 



Taxon 



Hematocrit 

 (percent) 



Hemoglobin 



Oxygen 

 capacity 

 (g/100 ml (ml/100 ml 

 blood) blood) 



Source 



CROCODILIANS 



Alligatoridae (2 species) 



Alligator mississipviensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



A. rnississippiensis 



Caiman fuscus 



C. fusaus 



Mean ± s .e. 



26 



23.5±2.0 



7.6 



8.2-9.02 



10.3±0.80 



Hopping 1923 

 Wintrobe 1933 

 Dill & Edwards 1935 

 Coulson et al. 1950 

 Andersen 1961 

 Thorson 1968 

 Dessauer 1970 

 Dill & Edwards 1931 

 Thorson 1968 



Crocodylidae (3 species) 



Cvoaodylus aeutus 

 C. aautus 

 C. morleti 

 C. nilotiaus 



26 

 26 

 35 



■10. l2 Dill & Edwards 1931 



- Thorson 1968 



- Thorson 1968 



- Khalil & Abdel-Messeih 1963 



Mean ± s . e . 



29.0+1.8 



10.1 



