The body size, age structure, and growth of Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802)

ÜZÜM N., ILGAZ Ç., KUMLUTAŞ Y., Gumus C., AVCI A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, cilt.38, sa.4, ss.383-388, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/zoo-1307-1
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.383-388
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Lacertidae, Acanthodactylus boskianus, age, size, sexual dimorphism, Turkey, SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM, POPULATION
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Using skeletochronology, the age structure of a breeding population portion of Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802) from the southeast of Turkey was studied for the first time. A total of 21 preserved (9 male male, 8 female female, and 4 juveniles) specimens were used in this study. According to the analysis of the age structure based on counting lines of arrested growth, ages ranged from 6 to 9 years (mean: 7.44 +/- 0.34 years) in males and from 5 to 7 years (mean: 6.13 +/- 0.30 years) in females. Juveniles were from 3 to 4 years old. Age at maturity was estimated to be 4-5 years and the adult survival rates were estimated to be 0.62 for males and 0.56 for females. The mean snout-vent length was calculated as 79.09 +/- 1.16 mm in males, 65.90 +/- 2.02 in females, and 43.55 +/- 2.02 mm in juveniles. The sexual dimorphism index was calculated as -0.20. The difference between the sexes in age and size was statistically significant.