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THE ectothermic lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis has been shown to exhibit a behavioural fever1 when injected with killed Aeromonas hydrophila, a Gram-negative bacterium pathogenic to mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, causing haemorrhagic septicaemia2,3. The behavioural fever in lizards has been shown to have survival value4.
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REYNOLDS, W., CASTERLIN, M. & COVERT, J. Behavioural fever in teleost fishes. Nature 259, 41–42 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259041a0
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