Table 1 



10 



Taxon 



Hematocrit 

 (percent) 



Hemoglobin 



Oxygen 

 capacity 

 (g/100 ml (ml/100 ml 

 blood) blood) 



Source 



P. 



P. 

 P. 



Colubridae (continued) 



P. melanoleuGus 

 melanoleucus 

 meZccnoleuaus 

 melanoleucus 

 Ptyas mucosus 

 Storeria dekayi 

 Thamnovhis aouch-i 

 T. elegcms 

 sauritus 

 sirtalis 

 sirtalis 

 sirtalis 

 sirtalis 

 sirtalis 



T. 

 T. 

 T. 

 T. 

 T. 

 T. 



Mean ± s . e . 



Elapidae (2 species) 



Naja naja 



Pseudechis porvhyriaaus 



Mean 



Hydrophiidae (8 species) 



Aaalyptophis peronii 

 Aipsyurus laevis 

 Emydooephalus annulatus 

 E. annulatus 



Hydrophis ayanocinatus^ 



H. elegans 

 H. melanoaephalus^ 

 Lapemis hardwiaki 

 Laticauda aolubrina 

 L . CO lubrina 



Mean ± s . e . 



31 

 32 



24 

 35 



10.7 

 6.4 

 7.3 



14.3 

 8,9 



11.7 

 6,2 



6,5 



9.3 

 11.0 



30,5±2,3 



9.4+1.14 8.9+1.31 



Seymour & Webster 1975 

 Seymour & Webster 1975 

 Seymour & Webster 1975 

 Feder, personal 



communication 

 Nair 1955 



Seymour & Webster 1975 

 Seymour 5. Webster 1975 

 Seymour & Webster 1975 

 Seymour 1976 

 Feder, personal 



communication 



Viperidae (8 species) 



Agkistrodon aontortrix 

 A. piscivorus 

 A. piscivorous 

 Bitis arietans 

 Botkrops sp, 

 Crotalus cerastes 

 C. horridus 

 Vivera aspis 



28 



18 



19 



16-24 



22-31 

 45 



5,0-7.2 

 7.8 



6.4-8.1 

 8.6 

 10.5 



7.6-10.8 



7 



Dessauer 1970 



Hutton 1958 



Dessauer 1970 



Otis 1973 



MacMahon & Hamer 1975a 



MacMahon & Hamer 1975a,b 



Dessauer 1970 



Dessauer 1970 



