Activity body temperature and diel variation of metabolic rate in the nocturnal gecko, hemidactylus turcicus : (Reptilia : Gekkonidae)‎

الملخص EN

The mean activity body temperature of the nocturnal gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus.

was 28°C during summer.

The mass-specific metabolic rate equations at 28°C were calculated.

The rate of oxygen consumption (ml g"1 h"1) decreased with increasing body mass.

The mass exponent 'b' values for resting metabolism were 0.60 at night and 0.62 during day.

Resting metabolic rate at night was significantly higher than that during day.

Diel cycles in 02 consumption were correlated with daily activity of this nocturnal gecko.