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Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Minnich, John E. and Vaughan H. Shoemaker
Pages
496-509
Year
Volume
84
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Food Ingestion Rate 50 rate estimated from intake of preformed water and water content of food for animals maintaining weight on natural vegetation g fresh wt food//kg/d Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Palm Desert and Thousand Palms Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Norris, Kenneth S.
Pages
265-287
Year
Volume
34
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Plants: Dicoria canescens (50%); Flower heads of composite (25%); Dalea emoryi ? (10%); Coldenia sp. (10%) % volume of total stomach contents % Not Reported Not Reported 8 Coachella Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Alberts, Allison C.
Pages
469-479
Year
Issue
4
Volume
49
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range minimum area versus probability estimate for 3 sites; estimate of area encompassing 95% of total space utilization m2 Male Adult Not Reported Coachella Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Home Range minimum area versus probability estimates for 3 sites; estimate of area encompassing 95% of total space utilization m2 Female Adult Not Reported Coachella Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Krekorian, C. O'Neil
Pages
415-424
Year
Issue
4
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Survival/ Mortality 73 annual survivorship % Not Reported Hatchling 37 marked Thousand Palms Exposure Factor Datasets 0-2 mo Riverside
Survival/ Mortality 43 average annual survivorship estimated for 2 yrs % Not Reported 27-65 marked/yr Thousand Palms Exposure Factor Datasets 7-9 mo Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Mautz, William J. and Kenneth A. Nagy
Pages
640-658
Year
Issue
6
Volume
60
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 47 average snout-vent length = 11.2 cm g Female Adult 4 - 26/sampling time Thousand Palms Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Metabolic Rate range of average field metabolic rates (measured using doubly-labeled water) over 3 time periods ml CO2/g/hr Not Reported Adult 7-11/time period Thousand Palms Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Minnich, John E.
Pages
359-362
Year
Issue
2
Volume
1971
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean log weight = 0.010 SVL + 0.46 relationship between body weight (g) and snout-vent length (SVL, mm) g Female Adult Not Reported Palm Desert Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean log weight = 0.013 SVL + 0.24 relationship between body weight (g) and snout-vent length (SVL, mm) g Female Adult Not Reported Palm Desert Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Parker, William S.
Pages
226-229
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Torpor or Hibernation Sept. - Mar. Not Reported Adult Not Reported Phoenix South Mountain, Maricopa County Exposure Factor Datasets
Growth Rate 2.7 growth rate based on changes in snout-vent length (48-73 mm) mm/mo Not Reported Juvenile 22 Phoenix South Mountain, Maricopa County Exposure Factor Datasets

Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Fitch, Henry S.
Pages
151-172
Year
Volume
44
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year 1 clutches/yr Female Adult 93 Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley Hills Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Bennett, Albert F. and Kenneth A. Nagy
Pages
697-700
Year
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Metabolic Rate 0.185 resting metabolic rate at 35C, estimated as carbon dioxide production rate ml CO2/g/hr Both Male and Female Adult 11 Ecology Research Area, University of California, Los Angeles Exposure Factor Datasets reproductively active 0.015SE
Metabolic Rate 0.300 resting metabolic rate at 35C, estimated as carbon dioxide production rate ml CO2/g/hr Not Reported Juvenile 4 Ecology Research Area, University of California, Los Angeles Exposure Factor Datasets 0.052SE
Metabolic Rate 0.192 resting metabolic rate at 35C, estimated as carbon dioxide production rate ml CO2/g/hr Both Male and Female Adult 19 Ecology Research Area, University of California, Los Angeles Exposure Factor Datasets reproductively inactive 0.017SE
Citation:
Author(s)
Jameson, E.W. Jr. and Allen Allison
Pages
211-220
Year
Issue
3
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 53 d Both Male and Female Embryo Not Reported yellow pine forest, central Sierra Nevada (elev., 2200m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Rose, Barbara R.
Pages
818-820
Year
Volume
1976
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Formicidae (34.8-34.1%); Coleoptera (18.1-26.4%); Isoptera (19.8-17.2%); Hemiptera-Homoptera (5.0-8.1%); Non-formicid Hymenoptera (5.6-6.5%); Diptera (0.5-1.4%); Orthoptera (1.7-2.6%); Odonata (0.0-0.3%); Dermaptera (0.0-1.3%); Insect larvae (2.8-4.8%); Isopoda (0.0-1.4%); Arancae (1.6-2.8%); Land snails (0.0-0.5%); Sceloporus hatchlings (0.0-0.1%) and Unknown (1.4-2.0%) percentage of total individuals of various prey taxa in stomach contents. % Not Reported Adult 45-47 animals/site Blackbird Valley and Foss Valley Exposure Factor Datasets Napa, Santa Clara
Citation:
Author(s)
Davis, John
Pages
721-731
Year
Volume
1967
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Clutch or Litter Size CS = 0.261(SVL) - 10 regression equation relating clutch size(CS) to female snout-vent length (SVL; mm) eggs/clutch Female Adult 27 Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Body Weight - Mean BW = 4.44 - 0.31(SVL) + 0.0062(SVL)^2 equation relating body weight (BW; g) to snout-vent length (SVL; 20 - 80mm) g Male Both Adults and Juveniles 101 Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey
Body Weight - Mean BW = 2.72 - 0.21(SVL) + 0.0049(SVL)^2 equation relating body weight (BW; g) to snout-vent length (SVL; mm) g Female Both Adults and Juveniles 58 Hastings Reservation Exposure Factor Datasets Monterey non-breeding
Citation:
Author(s)
Bartlett, Peter
Pages
179-181
Year
Volume
55
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Time of Torpor or Hibernation Nov.-Mar. hibernation duration approximates 100 d Not Reported Both Adults and Juveniles >12 Victorville Exposure Factor Datasets
Metabolic Rate Log OC = 0.044T + 0.64 regression equation for oxygen consumption (OC in ul O2/g/hr; log base 10) at various temperatures (T, 0 - 15 C) ul O2/g/hr Not Reported Adult 5-8/temperature Victorville Exposure Factor Datasets hibernating
Citation:
Author(s)
Jameson, E.W. Jr., A.A. Heusner and Donna Lem
Pages
255-261
Year
Issue
3
Volume
14
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Food Ingestion Rate SCW = 0.46(BW)^0.63 equation relating stomach content fresh weight (SCW; mg) to body weight (BW; g) mg Both Male and Female Not Reported 920 animals yellow pine forest (elev., 1500m) and valley grassland (elev., 150m), central Sierra Nevada Exposure Factor Datasets
Food Ingestion Rate 127 estimated average stomach content fresh weight in 5 g lizard mg Both Male and Female Not Reported Not Reported central Sierra Nevada (elev., 150m and 1500m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Schall, Jos. J. and Philip R. Houle
Pages
74-76
Year
Issue
1
Volume
26
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Home Range m2 Male Adult 24 Hopland Field Station (160 km N of San Francisco) Exposure Factor Datasets breeding
Citation:
Author(s)
Sinervo, Barry and Stephen C. Adolph
Pages
776-790
Year
Issue
3
Volume
75
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate range of means of absolute growth rates g/d Both Male and Female Hatchling Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets 3 d to 3 wks Laboratory

Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma inornata)

Citation:
Author(s)
Horchar, Victor M.
Pages
61
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Home Range 437 average home range estimated using minimum convex polygon method (snout-vent length, 70+mm) m2 Female Adult 37 Whitewater Floodplain Reserve, Palm Springs Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside 168 (95CI)
Home Range 146 average home range estimated using minimum convex polygon method (snout-vent length, 51-69mm) m2 Female Juvenile 15 Whitewater Floodplain Reserve, Palm Springs Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside 56 (95CI)
Home Range 45 average home range estimated using minimum convex polygon method (snout-vent length,0-50mm) m2 Female Hatchling 11 Whitewater Floodplain Reserve, Palm Springs Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside 11 (95CI)

Sideblotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)

Citation:
Author(s)
Tinkle, Donald W.
Pages
1 - 182
Year
Volume
132
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 4896 average and range of home ranges at 2 sites over 6 yrs, estimated using minimum polygon method (mark and recapture technique) sq. ft. Male Adult 7-26 lizards/site and yr Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean range of average weights for snout-vent length size classes of 20-41 mm g Female Juvenile 1-88 lizards/size class and date Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 1497 average and range of home ranges at 2 sites over 6 yrs, estimated using minimum polygon method (mark and recapture technique) sq. ft. Female Adult 6-14 lizards/yr and site Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean range of average weights for snout-vent length size classes of 46-57 mm g Male Adult 1-24 lizards/size class and date Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 0.49 home range estimated using probability density function (95%) acre Male Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean range of average weights for snout-vent length size classes of 42-53 mm g Female Adult 1-29 lizards/size class and date Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Best, Troy L. and A.L. Gennaro
Pages
291-301
Year
Issue
3
Volume
18
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Araneae (1.2); Acari (1.8); Solifugae (1.0); Hexapoda (26.3); Collembola (2.5); Thysanura (1.0); Orthoptera (1.2); Dermaptera (1.0); Isoptera (15); Thysanoptera (1.5); Hemiptera (2.3); Homoptera (1.8); Neuroptera (1.3); Coleoptera (2.2); Lepidoptera (1.7); Diptera (1.3); Hymenoptera (9.3); Insect eggs (9.0); Plants (1.0) mean number of prey eaten per lizard eating such prey (estimated from stomach contents) # prey/lizard Not Reported Not Reported 266 Eddy and Lea counties Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Medica, Philip A. and Frederick B. Turner
Pages
123-128
Year
Issue
2
Volume
10
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year clutches/yr Female Adult 1363 Rock Valley, Nye county Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying Apr. - July time of laying Female Adult 1363 Rock Valley, Nye county Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Lowell V. Diller
Pages
243-260
Year
Issue
4
Volume
50
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Age at Sexual Maturity mo Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Deschutes River, Jefferson county (elev., 732m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Parker, William S. and Eric R. Pianka
Pages
615-632
Year
Issue
4
Volume
1975
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year clutches/yr Female Adult Not Reported Stansbury and Granstville, UT [lat., 40] Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutches or Litters per year clutches/yr Female Adult Not Reported El Paso, TX; Casa Grande, Phoenix South Mountain, AZ Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size range of mean clutch sizes eggs/clutch Female Adult 14-74 animals/site and time period Hart Mountain, OR; Stansbury Island and Grantsville, UT [lat., 40-42] Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean 0.38 average egg weight g Not Reported Embryo 27 Del Puerto Canyon Road Exposure Factor Datasets Stanislaus
Body Weight - Mean 0.35 average egg weight g Not Reported Embryo 35 Los Banos Creek, Billy Wright Road Exposure Factor Datasets Merced
Citation:
Author(s)
Doughty, Paul and Barry Sinervo
Pages
485-490
Year
Issue
4
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density 88 #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Del Puerto Canyon Exposure Factor Datasets Stanislaus
Population Density #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Los Banos Exposure Factor Datasets Merced
Citation:
Author(s)
Parker, William S.
Pages
135-139
Year
Issue
2
Volume
8
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 446 home range estimted by convex polygon method (maximum was 810m2) m2 Male Adult 15 Phoenix South Mountain, Maricopa county Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 121 home range estimted by convex polygon method (maximum was 202 m2) m2 Female Adult 15 Phoenix South Mountain, Maricopa county Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Medica, Philip A. and Frederick B. Turner
Pages
34-35
Year
Issue
2
Volume
15
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Longevity 58 oldest individual observed, female mo Both Male and Female Adult 3575 Rock Valley, Nye county Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Turner, Frederick B., Gerard A. Hoddenbach, Philip A. Medica and Joseph R. Lannom
Pages
505-519
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density range of 3 yearly averages for 4 study sites #/ha Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Rock Valley, Nye County Exposure Factor Datasets

Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana)

Citation:
Author(s)
Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost
Pages
28-78
Year
Volume
5
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error
Growth Rate 0.005 increase in snout-vent length (90-100 mm size class) mm/d Not Reported Not Reported Santa Barbara Island Exposure Factor Datasets 12.4 yr 0.004 SE
Home Range 17.2 m2 Both Male and Female Adult 6 Santa Barbara Island Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density #/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Santa Barbara Island Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Mautz, William J.
Pages
417-428
Publisher
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean g Both Male and Female Neonate Not Reported San Clemente Island Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Brattstrom, Bayard H.
Pages
143-144
Year
Volume
7
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size determined by embryo count young/female Female Adult 4 San Nicolas Island Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutch or Litter Size determined by embryo count young/female Female Adult 5 San Clemente Island Exposure Factor Datasets

Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus)

Citation:
Author(s)
Tanner, Wilmer W.
Pages
59-94
Year
Volume
17
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size eggs/clutch Female Adult 8 clutches Exposure Factor Datasets
Age at Sexual Maturity 2 yrs Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets

Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer formerly Pituophis melanoleucus)

Citation:
Author(s)
Fitch, H.S.
Pages
552-559
Year
Volume
41
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 460 median distance traveled between recaptures ft Both Male and Female Adult 25 San Joaquin Experimental Range Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Diller, Lowell V. and Richard L. Wallace
Pages
343-360
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Hatching or Parturition Oct. Not Reported Hatchling Not Reported Snake River Birds of Prey Area, southwestern ID Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Mating/ Laying June - July time of laying Female Adult Not Reported Snake River Birds of Prey Area, southwestern ID Exposure Factor Datasets
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 125 d Female Adult Not Reported Snake River Birds of Prey Area, southwestern ID Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Stinner, Jerry N
Pages
279-298
Year
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Lab
Metabolic Rate log VO2 = 0.013 + 0.049T equation for oxygen consumption (logarithm of VO2; ul O2/g-h) as a function of body temperature (15-30C) ul O2/g/hr Not Reported Adult 11 captured at Riverside, CA Exposure Factor Datasets resting Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 655 g Not Reported Adult 11 captured at Riverside, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas)

Citation:
Author(s)
Hansen, Robert W. and George E. Hansen
Pages
93-94
Year
Volume
21
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 23.1 eggs/clutch Female Adult 18 captured in Fresno and Sacramento counties, CA Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory

Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Garland, Theodore Jr. and Albert F. Bennett
Pages
R986-R992
Year
Volume
259
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Error Lab
Metabolic Rate 3.15 maximal oxygen consumption at 30C ml O2/hr Both Male and Female Juvenile 245 gravid adults captured near Lassen, CA Exposure Factor Datasets mean age, 31.6 d; range 11-58 d 0.845 SD Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 2.2 g Both Male and Female Juvenile 245 Exposure Factor Datasets mean age, 31.6 d; range 11-58d 0.350 SD Laboratory

Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata formerly Clemmys marmorata)

Citation:
Author(s)
Bury, Richard Bruce
Pages
205
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range 363 "distance between extremes" or maximum range on a linear scale m Not Reported Juvenile 18 Hayfork Creek (elev., 610m) Exposure Factor Datasets Trinity
Home Range 400 average distance moved along stream between relocations m Male Adult 19 Hayfork Creek (elev., 610m) Exposure Factor Datasets Trinity

Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizi)

Citation:
Author(s)
Barrow, John
Pages
105-131
Publisher
Desert Tortoise Council
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Body Weight - Mean maximum carapace length range = 169-279 mm kg Male Adult 19 South West Pinto Basin, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Body Weight - Mean maximum carapace length range = 60 - 145 mm kg Not Reported Juvenile 9 South West Pinto Basin, Joshua Tree National Monument Exposure Factor Datasets Riverside
Citation:
Author(s)
Hansen, Richard M., Mark K. Johnson and Thomas R. Van Devender
Pages
247-251
Year
Issue
3
Volume
32
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Threeawn (Aristida spp., 22 +/- 6%); Globemallow (Sphaeralcea spp., 21 +/- 6%); Slim tridens (Tridens muticus, 20 +/- 7%); Foxtail brome (Bromus rubens, 19 +/- 3%); Red grama (Bouteloua trifida, 6 +/- 3%) and Sedge (Carex spp., 3 +/- 1%) % of each food item in fecal pellets (mean +/- SD) % Not Reported Not Reported 66 fecal pellets Lower Grand Canyon, Mohave County (elev. 450 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition Threeawn (Aristida spp., 16 +/- 5%); Globemallow (Sphaeralcea spp., 6 +/- 3%); Slim tridens (Tridens muticus, 50 +/- 8%); Bush muhly (Muhlenbergia porteri, 17 +/- 7%); and Slender janusia (Janusia gracilis, 11 +/- 5%) % of each food item in fecal pellets (mean +/- SD) % Not Reported Not Reported 18 fecal pellets New Water Mountains, Yuma County (elev. 490 m) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Lewis-Winokur, Vanessa and Robert M. Winokur
Pages
2091-2097
Year
Volume
73
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 124.7 (25C); 103.8 (27C); 87.1 (28C); 84.2 (29C); 78.2 (31C) mean incubation times at various temperatures (25-31C) d Not Reported Embryo 10-37 eggs/temperature Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Hatching Success 53% (25C); 89% (27C); 83% (28C); 100% (29C); 85% (31C) hatching success rates at various temperatures (25-31C) % Not Reported Embryo 13-46 eggs/temperature Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:
Author(s)
Spotila, James R., Linda C. Zimmerman, Christopher A. Binckley, Janice S. Grumbles, David C. Rostal, Albert List Jr., Eva C. Beyer, Kelly M. Phillips and Stanley J. Kemp
Pages
103-116
Year
Volume
8
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Body Weight - Mean egg mass g Not Reported Embryo Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets egg Laboratory
Citation:
Author(s)
Nagy, Kenneth A. and Philip A. Medica
Pages
73-92
Year
Issue
1
Volume
42
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Body Weight - Mean g Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 11 animals Rock Valley, Nye County Exposure Factor Datasets
Water Ingestion Rate 2.2 annual weight mean for water drinking rate ml/kg/d Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles 11 animals Rock Valley, Nye County Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Turner, Frederick B., Philip A. Medica and Craig L. Lyons
Pages
811-820
Year
Issue
4
Volume
1984
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Dietary Composition grasses (3.6-33%); cacti (37.0-86.9%); annuals (5.0-18.6%); perennials other than cacti (0.8-2.7%); seeds (3.3-16.0%); other (0.4-2.6%) relative frequency of material in fresh scat, range for 2 sampling periods over 2 years % Both Male and Female Adult 189-195 scat samples/yr Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino
Body Weight - Mean 2.29 kg Female Adult 51 animals Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino 0.05SE
Citation:
Author(s)
Auffenberg, Walter and Richard Franz
Pages
1-2
Year
Volume
212
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Time of Mating/ Laying review Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:
Author(s)
Turner, Frederick B., Philip A. Medica and Craig L. Lyons
Pages
139-162
Publisher
Desert Tortoise Council
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Home Range 22 ha Both Male and Female Not Reported 55 Ivanpah Valley [lat., 35^o23'N; long., 115^o18'W] Exposure Factor Datasets San Bernardino
Citation:
Author(s)
Nagy, Kenneth A., David J. Morafka and Rebecca A. Yates
Pages
396-404
Year
Volume
2
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific California Counties
Metabolic Rate FMR (ml CO2/d) = 2.2 g^1.02 field metabolic rate during active seasons as a function of body mass ml CO2/d Not Reported Juvenile 4-22/sampling Fort Irwin National Training Center, Barstow Exposure Factor Datasets < 2 yr San Bernardino

San Joaquin Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis ssp. biseriatus)

Citation:
Author(s)
Goldberg, Stephen R.
Pages
284-289
Year
Issue
3
Volume
29
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Hatching or Parturition July - Oct. based on presence of hatchlings at study sites Not Reported Hatchling Not Reported Puente Hills and San Gabriel River, Whittier Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 13 wks Not Reported Embryo Not Reported Puente Hills and San Gabriel River, Whittier Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles
Citation:
Author(s)
Goldberg, Stephen R.
Pages
176-182
Year
Issue
1
Volume
1974
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Error
Clutch or Litter Size 7.23 eggs/clutch Female Adult 43 Puente Hills, Whittier (elev., 150 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Los Angeles 3.30SD

Northwestern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Johnson, Clifford Ray
Pages
114-117
Year
Volume
21
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Dietary Composition Thysanura (0.5%); Collembola (1.0%); Dermaptera (0.5%); Orthoptera (37.1%); Isoptera (6.2%); Ephemeroptera (0.5%); Plecoptera (2.9%); Homoptera (5.7%); Hemiptera (27.6%); Coleoptera (42.4%); Diptera (47.1%); Lepidoptera (18.1%); Hymenoptera (20.9%); Isopoda (2.4%); Chilopoda (0.5%); Araneida (19.0%); Acarina (1.0%); S. occidentalis (1.4%) percent of lizards in which prey type occurred in stomach contents % Both Male and Female Adult 210 oak-grassland and creosote bush-rocky moutain terrain Exposure Factor Datasets Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Mateo, Shasta, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity

Desert Sideblotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. stejnegeri)

Citation:
Author(s)
Tinkle, Donald W.
Pages
206-234
Year
Volume
66
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutch or Litter Size 4 eggs/female Female Adult Not Reported Palo Duro Canyon, Armstrong County (elev., 2000-3600 ft); Kermit , Winkler County and Monahans, Ward County (elev., 2800 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Clutches or Litters per year 3 clutches/yr Female Adult Not Reported Palo Duro Canyon, Armstrong County (elev., 2000-3600 ft); Kermit , Winkler County and Monahans, Ward County (elev., 2800 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets

Valley Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. fitchi)

Citation:
Author(s)
Peterson, Charles C., B. Michael Walton and Albert F. Bennett
Pages
333-349
Year
Volume
71
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Food Ingestion Rate 14 average % of their body mass in frogs ingested per day, estimated from field metabolic rate % Both Male and Female Adult 72 Eagle Lake (elev., 1800 m) Exposure Factor Datasets Lassen

Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. parietalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Whittier, Joan M. and David Crews
Pages
219-226
Year
Volume
46
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Body Weight - Mean BW = -201.07 + 4.78SVL relationship between body weight (BW, g, 50-175g) and snout-vent length (SVL, cm, 55-75cm) for vitellogenic and non-vitellogenic females in 1985 (r2 = 0.874) g Female Adult 32 Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Body Weight - Mean BW = -137.32 + 3.73SVL relationship between body weight (BW, g, 50-175g) and snout-vent length (SVL, cm, 55-75cm) for vitellogenic and non-vitellogenic females in 1987 (r2 = 0.698) g Female Adult 110 Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA

Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. sirtalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Birchard, Geoffrey F., Craig P. Black, Gordon W. Schuett and Virginia Black
Pages
519-523
Year
Volume
77
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 94.2 g Female Adult 6 captured in Michigan and Ohio Exposure Factor Datasets pregnant 10.2 SE Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 0.095 resting oxygen consumption at 25C cm3 O2 STP/hr/g Female Adult 6 captured in Michigan and Ohio Exposure Factor Datasets pregnant 0.010 SE Laboratory

San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. tetrataenia)

Citation:
Author(s)
Fox, Wade
Pages
176
Year
Volume
11
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Time of Mating/ Laying Oct. - Nov. Both Male and Female Adult 2 mating masses San Francisco Peninsula Exposure Factor Datasets San Mateo

Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia sila formerly Gambelia silus)

Citation:
Author(s)
Tollestrup, Kristine
Pages
1-20
Year
Issue
1
Volume
108
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Age at Sexual Maturity 9 (occassionally 21) based on presence of oviductal eggs and breeding color mo Female Adult Not Reported Pixley National Wildlife Refuge, Delano and Kettleman Hills Exposure Factor Datasets Kern, Kings, Tulare
Age at Sexual Maturity mo Male Adult Not Reported Pixley National Wildlife Refuge, Delano and Kettleman Hills Exposure Factor Datasets Kern, Kings, Tulare

Northern Sideblotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. stansburiana)

Citation:
Author(s)
Jorgensen, Clive D. and Wilmer W. Tanner
Pages
105-115
Year
Issue
2
Volume
19
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Home Range 16.82 home range estimated by density probability function method (ranged 99.0% of the time in this area size) acres Not Reported Juvenile 14 United States Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Test Site Exposure Factor Datasets 0.42

California Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. infernalis)

Citation:
Author(s)
Scudder, Roy M. and Gordon M. Burghardt
Pages
74-85
Year
Volume
51
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate increase in body mass on earthworm or mosquitofish diets g/d Not Reported Juvenile 13 captive-born to female from Humboldt County Exposure Factor Datasets 0 - 4 mo Laboratory

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