Table 1 



Taxon 



Hematocrit 

 (percent) 



Hemoglobin 



Oxygen 

 capacity 

 (g/100 ml (ml/100 ml 

 blood) blood) 



Source 



Lacertidae (5 species) 



Aaccnthodactylus evy thrums — — 



Laoevta agilis 24 8.7 



L. muralis — 9.0 



L. vividis — 12.5 



Psammodomms algeviaus — — 



Mean + s.e. 24 10.1 + 1.22 



4.7 



4.0 



4.4 



Pough. unpublished 

 Korshuev et al. 1957 

 Dessauer 1970 

 Motelica et al. 1967 

 Pough, unpublished 



Scincidae (2 species) 



Egemia aunninghami 

 Eumeaes ohsoletus 



Mean 



Teiidae (4 species) 



Cnemidophorus inormatus 

 C. sacki 

 C. tigm-s 

 Tupinambis teguixin 



Mean ± s. e. 



Varanidae (5 species) 



Varanus exccnthematiaus 



V. gouldi 



V. gviseus 



V. gviseus 



V. gviseus 



V. monitov 



males 



females 

 V. monitov 

 V. nilotious 



Mean ± s. e. 



23 



7.6 



Maclean et al. 1975 



