Morphological Assessment and Head Plate Variation of Lebanon Lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838) from Osmaniye, Türkiye

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dc.authoridTok, Cemal Varol / 0000-0001-9323-9157
dc.contributor.authorYakın, Batuhan Yaman
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, Ahmet Yesari
dc.contributor.authorGünay, Ulvi Kerem
dc.contributor.authorTok, Cemal Varol
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T02:57:26Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T02:57:26Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the sexual variations of the dorsal, ventral and lateral head plates of P. laevis specimens collected from Osmaniye, T & uuml;rkiye (southern Anatolia) were examined and various body measurements were measured by classical morphometric methods and sexual variations were determined by both methods. According to the classical morphometrics, male specimens were found to be larger than female specimens in terms of PL, PW, HW but not SVL (P-PL <0.05; P-PW <0.05; P-HW <0.05; P-SVL = 0.4741). On the other hand, Ax-In averages were found be larger in female specimens than in male specimens. In addition, statistically significant differences were found for all ratios. Geometric morphometric analyses showed sexual dimorphism was detected between the dorsal, ventral and lateral head plates. The parietals were wider in males, and the prefrontal narrowed laterally from posterior to anterior. The rostrale was smaller in males, suboculare was backward and higher positioned in females. Inframaxillary positioned more angled in males. All result showed males has a head; wider at posterior and sharpened in anterior. Also, for dorsal (P < 0.0001) and, lateral (P < 0.0001) head plates allometric shape changes were observed but not for the ventral (P: 0.1196) head plates.
dc.description.sponsorshipCanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Rectorate Scientific Research Projects Commission [FBA-2019-3083]
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Rectorate Scientific Research Projects Com-mission (FBA-2019-3083) for the financial support pro-vided for this study, and Mehmet Ba & thorn;kurt and Utku & THORN;ahin for their help in obtaining the samples.
dc.identifier.doi10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-1-40-52
dc.identifier.endpage52
dc.identifier.issn1026-2296
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001696893
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage40
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-1-40-52
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30063
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001460857500004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFolium Publ Co
dc.relation.ispartofRussian Journal of Herpetology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250529
dc.subjectsexual dimorphism
dc.subjectgeometric morphometrics
dc.subjectclassical morphometrics
dc.subjectPhoenicolacerta laevis
dc.titleMorphological Assessment and Head Plate Variation of Lebanon Lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838) from Osmaniye, Türkiye
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