Life History Traits in a Turkish Population of the Agile Frog<i> Rana</i><i> dalmatina</i> Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae)

Albayrak M., BÜLBÜL U., Zaman E., Koc-Gur H.

ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA, sa.4, ss.497-503, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.497-503
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Using skeletochronology, we assessed the relationships of age and body size (SVL) in individuals from a population of the agile frog Rana dalmatina near the village of ozyurt, North-western Tiirkiye. The mean age and SVL of adult frogs were 4.50 +/- 0.38 years and 61.54 +/- 1.31 mm (6.46 +/- 0.33 years and 67.86 +/- 1.00 mm in females and 3.00 +/- 2.71 years and 56.70 +/- 1.26 mm in males, respectively). Intersexual differences in body size were female-biased (SSD = 0.196) while the age ranged between 4-8 years in females and 2-6 years in males. There was a positive correlation between body size and age (i.e., larger frogs were older) in both female and male individuals of this species.