Variation in Body Size and Age Structure of Stellagama stellio (L., 1758) (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Turkey

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dc.authoridOzdemir, Nurhayat/0000-0002-3880-5846
dc.contributor.authorErguel, Tugba
dc.contributor.authorOzdemir, Nurhayat
dc.contributor.authorGul, Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorTosunoğlu, Murat
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:41:26Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAge and body size of 81 Stellagama stellio (syn. Laudakia stellio) specimens from five regions of Turkey were studied using skeletochronology. Lines of arrested growth (LAGs) in phalanges were used to estimate the age. Snouth vent length (SVL) ranged between 90.05 - 133.14 mm (mean: 109.58 +/- 10.26) in males and 86.24 - 130.43 mm (mean: 105.83 +/- 10.68) in females. Age ranged between 2-9 (mean: 5.34 +/- 1.63) in females and 3-10 years (mean: 5.72 +/- 1.82) in males. We did not observe any significant difference in terms of age and SVL between sexes. Intersexual differences in body size were male-biased (SDI =-0.03) but this relation was not statistically significant. A significant difference between the lowland (below 800 m) and mountain (above 800 m) populations was found in respect of SVL, with mountain individuals being larger than the lowland. A significant age difference between lowland and mountain populations was not found. A significant positive correlation was found between age and SVL both in males and females. Individuals reached maturity between 2 and 3 years.
dc.identifier.endpage71
dc.identifier.issn0324-0770
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84901430380
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage65
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24139
dc.identifier.volume66
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000334089600008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInst Zoology, Bas
dc.relation.ispartofActa Zoologica Bulgarica
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectStellagama stellio
dc.subjectskeletochronology
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectbody size
dc.subjectage structure
dc.titleVariation in Body Size and Age Structure of Stellagama stellio (L., 1758) (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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