Abstract
1. 1. The skin, rather than the respiratory tract, was the major avenue for evaporative water loss in the two species of snakes examined. 2. 2. The total evaporation of the brown water snake ( Natrix taxispilota) was 3·3 times greater than that of the desert-dwelling Sonora gopher snake ( Pituophis catenifer affinis). 3. 3. The pulmonary component of evaporation was nearly the same in the two species, hence the cutaneous component accounted for the difference in total evaporation. 4. 4. These results are in accord with findings in other reptiles, which likewise show a correlation of reduced evaporative water loss to the aridity of their environment.
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