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Evaporative Water Loss and Oxygen Consumption of Three Small Lizards from the Florida Keys: Sphaerodactylus cinereus, S. notatus, and Anolis sagrei

The standard rate of evaporative water loss (SRL) was defined as the mean of the lowest 25% of values recorded between 4 and 27 h after placement in the experimental chamber. The SRL of juvenile Sphaerodactylus cinereus (the smallest lizards yet measured at a mean mass of 0.1 g) in dry air (13.0% mass/day) was similar to that of adults (11.3% mass/day). Adults of S. notatus had an SRL of 15.1% mass/day in dry air. At 75% relative humidity (RH) the SRL of both species decreased to about 7% mass/day. Rates of evaporative water loss in these two geckos are near the high end of the range of values reported for this genus. In contrast with the geckos, Anolis sagrei is active all day, but it has a similar SRL of 5.1% mass/day at 30 C and 75% RH. Under the same conditions fertile gecko eggs have rates of mass loss as low as 0.15%/day. Therefore the eggs are much more resistant to desiccation than the lizards themselves. Standard metabolic rates for S. cinereus and S. notatus were about 0.1 and 0.15 cc O₂/g·h at 26 and 30 C, respectively. The A. sagrei had a higher rate at 26 C of about 0.2 cc O₂/g·h.