Data on the Food Composition of European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Canakkale (Western Anatolia, Turkey)

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dc.contributor.authorCicek, Kerim
dc.contributor.authorTok, Cemal Varol
dc.contributor.authorHayretdag, Sibel
dc.contributor.authorAyaz, Dincer
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:24:09Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:24:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractWe examined the food composition of the European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus, from canakkale (Western Anatolia, Turkey), by means of the stomach content analysis. Some 72 prey items with sizes ranging from 10 to 60 mm were detected in the stomach contents of the 13 (7 male male, 6 female female) museum specimens under examination. The median number of prey items was 5 (range = 3-8) in males and 4 (4-6) in females. According to the obtained data, the class Insecta (86.1%) is the predominant food of the species, with the most frequently observed prey items belonging to the order Coleoptera (76.4%). Orthoptera (4.2%), Hemiptera (5.6%), Gastropoda (8.3%), and Isopoda (5.6%) are the other prey groups observed in the food contents. Even though no difference in food contents was observed between the sexes, the food niche breadth of females was higher. In conclusion, the main food of P. apodus consists of non-flying or weak-flying insects as well as other invertebrates.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) [108T559]; TUBITAK
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study constitutes part of a project [Project No: 108T559] supported by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). We are indebted to TUBITAK for the financial support it has provided.
dc.identifier.endpage436
dc.identifier.issn0324-0770
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage433
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/29448
dc.identifier.volume66
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000342726800017
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
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.subjectFood analysis
dc.subjectEuropean Glass Lizard
dc.subjectPseudopus apodus
dc.subjectWestern Anatolia
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleData on the Food Composition of European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Canakkale (Western Anatolia, Turkey)
dc.typeArticle

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