Morphological assessment and head plate variation of lebanon lizard, phoenicolacerta laevis (gray, 1838) from Osmaniye, Türkiye

dc.contributor.authorYakın, Batuhan Yaman
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, Ahmet Yesari
dc.contributor.authorGünay, Ulvi Kerem
dc.contributor.authorTok, Cemal Varol
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-13T12:22:35Z
dc.date.available2025-06-13T12:22:35Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentAÇÜ, Artvin Meslek Yüksekokulu, Avcılık ve Yaban Hayatı Bölümü
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the sexual variations of the dorsal, ventral and lateral head plates of P. laevis specimens collected from Osmaniye, Türkiye (southern Anatolia) were examined and various body measurements were measured by classical morphometric methods and sexual variations were determined by both methods. According to the classical morphometrics, male specimens were found to be larger than female specimens in terms of PL, PW, HW but not SVL (PPL < 0.05; PPW < 0.05; PHW < 0.05; PSVL = 0.4741). On the other hand, Ax-In averages were found to be larger in female specimens than in male specimens. In addition, statistically significant differences were found for all ratios. Geometric morphometric analyses showed sexual dimorphism was detected between the dorsal, ventral and lateral head plates. The parietals were wider in males, and the prefrontal narrowed laterally from posterior to anterior. The rostrale was smaller in males, suboculare was backward and higher positioned in females. Inframaxillary positioned more angled in males. All result showed males has a head; wider at posterior and sharp-ened in anterior. Also, for dorsal (P < 0.0001) and, lateral (P < 0.0001) head plates allometric shape changes were observed but not for the ventral (P: 0.1196) head plates.
dc.identifier.doi10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-1-40-52
dc.identifier.endpage52
dc.identifier.issn10262296
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001696893
dc.identifier.startpage40
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11494/5504
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001460857500004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorYakın, Batuhan Yaman
dc.institutionauthorSelçuk, Ahmet Yesari
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFolium Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofRussian Journal of Herpetology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subjectClassical morphometrics
dc.subjectGeometric morphometrics
dc.subjectPhoenicolacerta laevis
dc.subjectSexual dimorphism
dc.titleMorphological assessment and head plate variation of lebanon lizard, phoenicolacerta laevis (gray, 1838) from Osmaniye, Türkiye
dc.typeArticle

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