AGE STRUCTURE OF THE CAUCASIAN AGAMA (Paralaudakia caucasia) FROM ELMADAG, IGDIR, TURKEY: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM SMALL SAMPLE SIZE

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dc.authoridOzdemir, Nurhayat/0000-0002-3880-5846
dc.contributor.authorKalayci, Ergul T.
dc.contributor.authorAltunisik, A.
dc.contributor.authorGul, C.
dc.contributor.authorTosunoglu, M.
dc.contributor.authorOzdemir, N.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:48:06Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractLife history traits of lizard species, including agamid species, generally involve male-larger body size, but age of these species has not adequately been examined in each cohort. We thus conducted a skeletochronological study using 16 preserved specimens of Paralaudakia caucasia (8 males, 6 females, and 2 juveniles) captured from Elmadag, Igdir, Turkey. Mean snout-vent length was slightly but insignificantly larger in males (120.2 mm) than in females (115.9 mm). Maximum longevity was 10 years in males and 6 years in females. No significant difference in age structure was found between the sexes. Juveniles were 2-year old young. Mean age was 7.12 years for males and 5.33 years for females. Sexually matured individuals were found at the end of the second or third years (i.e., first reproduction occurred at 3 - 4 years). A positive correlation was detected in age and body size in both sexes, as has previously been shown in other lizard species. Our finding of age structure in P. caucasia would contribute to our understanding of life-history trait variations among lizard species.
dc.identifier.endpage322
dc.identifier.issn1026-2296
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage318
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25139
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000426383300006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFolium Publ Co
dc.relation.ispartofRussian Journal of Herpetology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEastern Anatolia
dc.subjectbody size
dc.subjectskeletochronology
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleAGE STRUCTURE OF THE CAUCASIAN AGAMA (Paralaudakia caucasia) FROM ELMADAG, IGDIR, TURKEY: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM SMALL SAMPLE SIZE
dc.typeArticle

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