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Age and body size in a lowland population of Lissotriton schmidtleri in the İstanbul Province of Türkiye were examined by applying the skeletochronology method. The age range varies between 5 to 11 years in males and 4 to 8 years in females. The mean age and SVL values were 8.1 years and 36.28 mm in males and 6.4 years and 37.72 mm in females. The mean SVL and age values showed a significant difference between the sexes. The present study showed sexual dimorphism and different life expectancy between sexes. The estimated potential reproductive lifespan was higher in males than females. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study provides the first records (Birlik neighbourhood and Devrek District in Zonguldak Province) of the Bulgarian bent-toed gecko Mediodactylus danilewskii from the western Black Sea coastal region of Turkey. Morphological data of specimens from Edirne (Vakıf Village of Enez District) located in the Thrace part of Turkey are compared to those of specimens from the coast of the western Black Sea. The pholidolial and morphometric characters and colour-pattern features of the Zonguldak and Edirne specimens were found to be similar to those of M. danilewskii reported in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some life-history traits (e.g. body size, SSD and age) of the Danford's lizard Anatololacerta danfordi were studied applying skeletochronology techniques to the phalangeal bones (n = 33). The mean of the snout-vent-length (SVL) was 59.02 ± 1.07 mm in females and 62.17 ± 1.38 mm in males. The mean SVL was not significantly different between sexes. Sexual size dimorphism was weakly expressed in the slightly bigger SVL of the males (SDI = -0.053). Sexual maturity was attained between the second and the fourth year of life in both sexes. The age ranged from 2 to 6 years in females and from 3 to 8 years in males. The means of age were 4.29 ± 0.31 LAGs in female specimens and 4.63 ± 0.37 LAGs in male specimens. The mean age was not significantly different between the sexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Life-history traits (e.g. body size, sexual size dimorphism and age) of a Turkish population of the Lebanon lizard Phoenicolacerta laevis were studied using skeletochronology techniques. We measured phalangeal bones (n = 30). The mean snout-vent length (SVL) was slightly different between the sexes. We recorded weakly expressed sexual size dimorphism: the snout-vent-length of the males was slightly bigger (SDI = -0.01). Sexual maturity was attained between the second and the fourth year of life in both sexes. The age ranged from 3 to 11 years in females and from 3 to 12 years in males. The mean SVL was 65.33 ± 3.06 mm in females and 66.59± 3.76 mm in males. The mean age was 6.67 ± 2.63 years in females and 6.47 ± 2.75 years in males. There was no statistically significant difference in mean age between the sexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]