Evolutionary and environmental determinants of heat tolerance and acclimation capacity in herpetofauna.

ABSTRACT: Exploring heat tolerance and acclimation capacity can provide an effective approach to evaluating species' sensitivity to extremely high temperatures due to climate warming. Despite some work on amphibian and reptile thermophysiological adaptation, related questions remain. We reviewed the literature to provide a synthesis of worldwide data on heat tolerance and to determine the relative importance of common evolutionary and environmental thermal variation in amphibians and reptiles in shaping species' heat tolerance and acclimation capacity. The phylogenetic conservatism in amphibian and reptile heat tolerance arose from distinct phylogenetic properties and thermal habitat variables, potentially attributable to their different environmental sensitivities and contrasting life-history chara

SUBMITTER: Sun Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856800 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature