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Time course of laboratory acclimation to cold (20° C) and warm (35° C) temperatures is followed. It is found that the rate as well as degree of thermal acclimation of the rate of oxygen consumption both in the ground lizard,Sitana ponticeriana, and the garden lizard,Calotes nemoricola were dependent on the season and temperature gradient. It was found that acclimation to cold and warm temperatures does not occur in the laboratory.
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Subba Rao, M.V., Rajabai, B.S. Time course of laboratory acclimation in the ground lizard,Sitana ponticeriana and the garden lizard,Calotes nemoricola . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 79, 96–102 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045566
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