Data on the body temperature of some ophidians in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula

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  • Emma Quirosa Investigadora Independiente
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.43.15
Keywords: Body temperature, Coronella girondica, environmental temperature, Hemorrhois hippocrepis, Macroprotodon brevis, Malpolon monspessulanus, Natrix maur, ophidians, Zamenis scalaris.

Abstract

The present study provides data on body temperature of six Iberian ophidians and the environmental temperature of the place they inhabit. For three of the species: southern smooth snake Coronella girondica (Daudin 1803), western false smooth snake Macroprotodon brevis (Günter 1862), and horse-shoe snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus 1758), these are the first data published in Spain.

In the case of Natrix maura (Linnaeus 1758), the present data include its temperature on land as well as in aquatic environments. In total, 31 body temperature records and 30 ambient temperature records were obtained. Additionally, data is given on body and environmental temperature for the ophidian species Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann 1804) and Zamenis scalaris (Schinz 1822).

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16-11-2021
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Quirosa, E. (2021). Data on the body temperature of some ophidians in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Anales de Biología, (43), 153–159. https://doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.43.15
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