Femoral, lizards

Chemical and behavioral studies of femoral gland secrections in iguanid lizards. Brain Behavior and Evolution 41,255-260. 

Cole, C. J., 1966, Femoral glands of the lizard Crotaphytus collaris,... 

Fergusson, B., Bradshaw, S. D., and Cannon, J. R., 1985, Hormonal control of femoral gland in the lizard Amphibolurus ornatus, Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 57 371. 

Room ambient temperature was held to 23-27°C temperature in the box would rise to about 30°C during the day but higher near the screen enclosed 60 w bulb where the lizards often basked (up to 38 C). At the time of the move, their mean snout-vent length was 22,2 cm (s.d. 3.03, range 19.5-25.5 cm). Based on femoral pores, two appeared to be males and two females. 

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