An animal's morphology influences its ability to perform essential tasks, such as locomoting
to obtain prey or escape predators. While morphology–performance relationships are well …

Determining the age of any species allows it to be analyzed from the ontogenetic,
demographic, and ecological perspectives. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis …

The present study was designed to obtain information about life history traits of Lacerta
viridis in the Belen population with an altitude of 292 m. In the adult sample (21 males and …

Many animal species show considerable intraspecific phenotypic variation. For species with
broad distributions, this variation may result from heterogeneity in the strength and agents of …

We investigated age structure, age at sexual maturity, lifespan, growth and survival rate and
adult life expectancy (as demographic life-history traits) as well as body size of two …

In this study, the life–history traits of Eremias pleskei are presented for the first time. A total of
27 samples (17♂♂ and 10♀♀) from Iğdır Province, Türkiye, were aged using …

Within reptiles, lizards cover less area across the globe than snakes do. One out of every
seven known species of lizards in the world is found only in its type locality. Acanthodactylus …

Tokay gecko, Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) is highly exploited in Java for human
consumption in China. Using skeletochronology, the age and body growth of Tokay Geckos …

Some life-history traits (eg body size, SSD and age) of the Danford's lizard Anatololacerta
danfordi were studied applying skeletochronology techniques to the phalangeal bones (n …

Autotomy is the ability to shed a body part when an animal receives an attack by a predator.
It is often followed by regeneration of the lost parts to counteract dysfunctions related to limb …