Biochemical Studies on the Lizard, Anolis carolinensis.

Abstract

Technics for obtaining, handling and analyzing blood, urine and body ash of the lizard, A. carolinensis, are descr. The avg. fasting values are: Blood[long dash]hematocrit 28%, erythrocytes 0.96 x 106/cu. mm., O2 capacity 9.3 vols. %, Na 130 mM./l., K 31.8 mM./l., Cl 105 mM./l., CO2 14.0 mM./L, protein 11.5%, uric acid 7.9 mg. %, urea 7.2 mg. %, NH3 traces, glucose 172 mg. %; Plasma[long dash]pH 7.26, Na 157 mM./l., K 4.59 mM./l., Cl 127 mM./l., CO2 15.4 mM./l., Ca 2.9 mM./l., P 2.6 mM./l, protein 4.1%; Urine[long dash]pH 5.54, Na 20.2 mM./L, K 17.1 mM./l., Cl 23.4 mM./l., CO2 traces, uric acid N 45.6 mg. %, urea N 8.8 mg. %, NH3 N 8.2 mg. %,creatinine N 1.3 mg. %. The following is the avg. composition of the ash of 5 animals: wt. of animal 3.34 g., dry wt. 1.09 g., ash 155 mg., Na 2.73 mg., K 5.60 mg., Ca 51.3 mg., Mg 1.26 mg., Cl 3.44 mg.