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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2005 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 461-465
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.461.465
On the Populations of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron and Bory, 1833) (Sauria: Scincidae) from South-Western Anatolia
Yusuf Kumlutas, Mehmet OZ, Adem Ozdemir, M. Rizvan Tunc, Hakan Durmus and Serdar Dusen

Abstract: A total of 52 specimens (22 males, 23 females and 7 juv.) belonging to Ablepharus kitaibelii species collected from the South-Western Anatolia were examined in this study. Along with pholidosis, coloration-pattern and body measurements information about the specimens, the study contains some ecological and biological observations concerning the localities. In this study, some of the characters of the specimens around Elmali, which was collected from higher localities over 1500 m, was found significantly different (Number of dorsal scales around mid-body, supralabials, subdigital lamellae and evident of ear opening) from the Antalya population.

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Yusuf Kumlutas, Mehmet OZ, Adem Ozdemir, M. Rizvan Tunc, Hakan Durmus and Serdar Dusen, 2005. On the Populations of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron and Bory, 1833) (Sauria: Scincidae) from South-Western Anatolia. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 461-465.

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