title: Thermoregulatory function of the parietal eye in the lizard Anolis carolinensis.
abstract: Animals were acclimitized to a daily cycle of 15-25°C and a photoperiod of LD 12:12. Parietalectomized animals in an experimental thermal gradient (15°C-40°C, LD 12:12) selected significantly higher temperatures than controls at all hours of the day except from 0800-1200. These results suggest that the lizard parapineal plays a direct role in thermoregulation in addition to the indirect function as an illuminometer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 73069, Norman, Oklahoma.|Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 02881, Kingston, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Victor H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 73069, Norman, Oklahoma.|Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 02881, Kingston, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kosh