Table 1 



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Taxon 



Hematocrit 

 (percent) 



Hemoglobin 



Oxygen 

 capacity 

 (g/100 ml (ml/100 ml 

 blood) blood) 



Source 



Viperidae (continued) 



7. bevus 

 V. vusselli 



Mean ± s . e . 



22 

 25.5+3.6 



12.3 



8.8±0.93 



9.2 



Motelica et al. 1967 

 Nair 1955 



Xenopeltidae (1 species) 



Xenopeltis iiniaolov 



10.0 



Pough. unpublished 



^Identified as Testudo leithii in source. 



■^Calculated from a unit weight of 17,000 for hemoglobin. 1 mM/1 or 1 meq/1 = 2.24 vol% 



^Identified as Hetevodon aontortrix in source. 



^Identified as Natrix sipedon piativentris in source, 



^Identified as Distiva cyanoa'lnata in source. 



°Identif ication corrected from Hudrophis belch.er'i by Seymour (1978). 



^Correct mean value is 10.75 vol% (J. A. MacMahon, personal communication). 



