Haemoglobin Bohr effect and lactic acid content of the blood of 2 water-snakes with different degrees of aquatic adaptation.
H. modestus, a water-snake with morphological respiratory adaptation to its habitat, presents haemoglobins with a lower Bohr effect than those of L. miliaris, an aquatic snake without such respiratory adaptations. The difference in blood lactic acid content of the 2 snakes submitted to mechanical stimuli appears to be compatible with the properties of their haemoglobins.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012911:Snakes / Q000097:blood*; D014867:Water
D007773:Lactates; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D014867:Water; D010100:Oxygen