Anoxia: tolerance in reptiles.
Measurements of the lengths of time various reptiles can continue to breathe in atmospheres of nitrogen have shown that turtles are several times more tolerant of these conditions than are other reptiles. The major correlate of this tolerance is taxonomic, rather than ecological.
D000818:Animals; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D000860:Hypoxia; D009584:Nitrogen; D012104:Reptiles; D012119:Respiration; D014426:Turtles
D009584:Nitrogen
ANOXIA; NITROGEN; REPTILES