I mentioned to a member a few weeks ago that Russian tortoises were not a thermoregulating species of tortoises. Tom had questioned which ones were. I don't remember which thread it was in. Anyways. I told Tom I would post an article on psammobates about thermoregulating in extreme heat conditions. Most of the South African tortoise species can utilize the controlled heat within there body somehow. I can't post the article as it's a thesis and 378 some odd pages. But I will attach a few links to some good chart data on speckled cape tortoise, leopard tortoises too. Good stuff.
Pardalis pardalis in Karoo cape(very hot landscape)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456513000181
Homopus signatus typically cape and Namaqualand(very hot landscapes)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000766
And this one is a good read for heating and cooling in reptiles.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456598000461
These are the sort versions. The PDF files which I purchased are copyrighted. So can't post the entire articles.
And now a picture of a 3 toed sloth I helped back in a tree last year in Costa Rica, just because.
Pardalis pardalis in Karoo cape(very hot landscape)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456513000181
Homopus signatus typically cape and Namaqualand(very hot landscapes)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000766
And this one is a good read for heating and cooling in reptiles.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456598000461
These are the sort versions. The PDF files which I purchased are copyrighted. So can't post the entire articles.
And now a picture of a 3 toed sloth I helped back in a tree last year in Costa Rica, just because.