Age, Growth and Longevity of Kotschy's Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Central Anatolia, Turkey

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dc.authoridAfsar, Murat/0000-0003-3210-8262
dc.authoridKUMAS KULUALP, MELTEM/0000-0001-6903-3212
dc.contributor.authorCicek, Kerim
dc.contributor.authorAfsar, Murat
dc.contributor.authorKumas, Meltem
dc.contributor.authorAyaz, Dincer
dc.contributor.authorTok, Cemal Varol
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:41:16Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:41:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractWe studied the age structure of Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi, from the Sultan Mountains (Central Anatolia, Turkey) using the skeletochronological method. We examined the humeral diaphyseal cross sections of a total of 19 (six males and 13 females) museum specimens. Our results showed that the age structure ranged from three to seven years (mean = 4.2 years, SD = 1.47) in males and from two to eight years (mean = 4.5 years, SD = 1.81) in females. Both sexes reached sexual maturity after their second hibernation, and no statistically significant difference in age composition was observed between the sexes. There was a strong positive correlation between SVL and age (Spearman's correlation coefficient, r = 0.93) and Von Bertalanffy growth curves fitted to the relationships between age (k = 0.80) and SVL (SVLmax = 42.4). In conclusion, M. kotschyi is a short-lived species with a high growth rate.
dc.identifier.endpage404
dc.identifier.issn0324-0770
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84944682954
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage399
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24088
dc.identifier.volume67
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000362242500012
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.subjectSkeletochronology
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjectlongevity
dc.subjectMediodactylus kotschyi
dc.subjectCentral Anatolia
dc.titleAge, Growth and Longevity of Kotschy's Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Central Anatolia, Turkey
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