Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 88A, No. 4, pp. 683-689, 1987

ADRIAN HAILEY, CATHERINE GAITANAKI and N. S. LOUMBOURDIS

Department of Zoology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece 54006 and Laboratory of Animal
Physiology, University of Thessaloniki, Greece 54006

(Received 20 February 1987)

Abstract-1. Whole-body lactate production during intense activity was insensitive to body temperature T_b from 25 to 35^oC in the lizard Podarcis taurica.

2. Whole-body lactate removal during recovery was more sensitive to T_b from 15 to 35^oC and was two orders of magnitude slower than production.

3. At 30^oC a significant oxygen debt persisted for a similar period to elevated lactate.

4. Lizards recovering in refuges at 25 or 35^oC emerged later than unexercised lizards, while at 15^oC they emerged after a short period and speeded recovery by basking.