Adana (Türkiye)’dan Toplanan Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lacertilia: Chamaeleonidae) Örneklerinin Yaş ve Vücut Büyüklüğü-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Adana (Türkiye)’dan Toplanan Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lacertilia: Chamaeleonidae) Örneklerinin Yaş ve Vücut Büyüklüğü

Published:2022-06-30 Issue: Volume: Page:79-81
ISSN:2602-456X
Container-title:Commagene Journal of Biology
language:en
Short-container-title:Comm. J. Biol.

Author:

YILDIRIM Elif¹,BEŞER Nurettin²,YILMAZ Can³,CANDAN Kamil⁴,KUMLUTAŞ Yusuf⁴,ILGAZ Çetin⁴,NAJAFİ MAJD Elnaz⁵

Affiliation:

1. DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

2. AYDIN ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY

3. HAKKARI UNIVERSITY

4. DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY

5. EGE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Abstract

Age structure and body size of the Mediterranean Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) specimens collected from Akyatan, Adana Province (Turkey) were investigated using the skeletochronology method and the demographic structure was revealed. The mean age was 3.07 years in females and 2.93 years in males. Derived from the LAG configuration, the age at sexual maturity was 1 year in males and 2 years in females. There was no significant correlation between the SVL and age. Moreover, the mean age and SVL were not statistically different between sexes. Results obtained here indicate that C. chamaeleon is one of the short-living lizard species when compared to other lizards.

Publisher

Commagene Journal of Biology

Subject

General Medicine

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