Table 5 Age effect on the thermal physiological traits of Tropidurus torquatus.

From: Effects of incubation temperature on development, morphology, and thermal physiology of the emerging Neotropical lizard model organism Tropidurus torquatus

Trait

Adults (n = 37)

Newborns (n = 53)

Age effect

F statistics

P

Tpref

37.1 (± 1.2)

35.7 (± 2.1)

12.937

 < 0.001

Tbb

26.0 (± 1.5)

27.6 (± 1.7)

21.302

 < 0.001

CTmin

10.0 (± 2.6)

12.9 (± 1.8)

42.453

 < 0.001

CTmax

41.2 (± 2.2)

43.3 (± 1.3)

32.319

 < 0.001

Amptol

31.2 (± 3.8)

30.4 (± 2.5)

0.9405

0.33

  1. Amptol thermal-tolerance range, CTmax critical thermal maximum, CTmin critical thermal minimum, Tbb basal body temperature, and Tpref preferred temperature. F, ANOVA result; P, ANOVA significance.
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