We studied the age structure of a population of the Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus in Mediterranean Turkey using the skeletochronological method. We examined the cross sections of femoral diaphyseal of a total of 106 museum specimens including 53 adult females and 42 adult males. The snout-vent length was significantly correlated with age. The mean age was 6.0 years (3–10 year) for males and 5.8 years for females, but the difference was statistically not significant. Sexual maturity is reached after their third hibernation period. The lifespan was significantly shorter in southwestern Anatolia than in southern Anatolia (mean age 5.43 years vs. 6.50 years for both sexes combined; P<0.004). According to von Bertalanffy growth curves, the growth rates were lower in southwestern Anatolia than in southern Anatolia than.

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地中海安纳托利亚 Chalcides ocellatus (Forskål, 1775) (Sauria: Scincidae) 种群的年龄结构

我们使用骨骼年代学方法研究了土耳其地中海地区的 Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus 种群的年龄结构。我们检查了总共 106 个博物馆标本的股骨干的横截面，其中包括 53 名成年女性和 42 名成年男性。口鼻部长度与年龄显着相关。男性的平均年龄为 6.0 岁（3-10 岁），女性为 5.8 岁，但差异无统计学意义。在它们的第三个冬眠期之后达到性成熟。安纳托利亚西南部的寿命明显短于安纳托利亚南部（平均年龄为 5.43 岁，两性加起来为 6.50 岁；P<0.004）。根据von Bertalanffy生长曲线，安纳托利亚西南部的增长率低于安纳托利亚南部。