Age Structure and Body Size of <i>Mertensiella caucasica</i> (Waga, 1876) (Caudata: Salamandridae) in a Population from Turkey

Coping with Aridity: Life History ofChacophrys pierottii,a Fossorial Anuran of Gran Chaco

“…The presence of well-expressed growth marks in the bone tissue of Chacophrys pierottii, which is subjected to a highly seasonal subtropical climate in the Arid Chaco, supports the hypothesis that LAG formation has a general intrinsic (i.e., genetic) control which is synchronized with, and reinforced by the natural seasonal cycles (e.g., Sinsch et al, 2007;Beşer et al, 2017;Kumbar and Lad, 2017;López et al, 2017;Sinsch and Dehling, 2017). The presence of LAGs in this species was previously reported by Fabrezi and Quinzio (2008) in two males.…”

Age and Body Size Comparison of the Turkish Smooth Newt, Lissotriton schmidtleri (Raxworthy, 1988) (Amphibia: Urodela) Populations from Two Different Altitudes

“…Altunışık et al (2014) (Castanet & Smirina, 1990;Guarino, 2010;Üzüm et al, 2014). Özellikle bu yöntem, kuyruklu kurbağaların yaş tayinine çok büyük bir katkı sağlamıştır (e. g. Triturus vulgaris, Marnell, 1998;Ommatotriton ophryticus, Kutrup et al, 2005;Triturus karelinii, Olgun et al, 2005;Üzüm & Olgun, 2009aÜzüm & Olgun, , 2009bLissotriton vulgaris, Altunışık et al, 2014;Mertensiella caucasica, Üzüm, 2009;Beşer et al, 2017;Ommatotriton vittatus, Altunışık, 2018a;Salamandra infraimmaculata, Altunışık, 2018b;Triturus anatolicus, Özyılmaz & Başkale, 2021). İskelet kronolojisi yönteminde kemik dokudaki büyüme katmanlarının varlığından yararlanılır ve bu katmanlara büyümenin durduğu çizgiler (Line of Arrested Growth= LAG) denir (Castanet & Smirina, 1990).…”

New distribution data of the vulnerable Mertensiella caucasica from Gümüşhane, Turkey

“…Not many localities are known from this species in literature. Several studies have been performed on its taxonomy, morphology, distribution and ecology (Tarkhnishvili & Serbinova, 1992;Veith et al, 1998;Tarkhnishvili et al, 2000Tarkhnishvili et al, , 2008Veith & Steinfartz, 2004;Sayım et al, 2009;Üzüm, 2009;Baran et al, 2012;Beşer et al, 2017;Gül et al, 2017Gül et al, , 2018. We compiled a distribution database for the Caucasian salamander from the Province of Gümüşhane in Turkey at the most western extreme of the species' range and we determined its potential distribution with the present study.…”

“…Until now five localities were known from the Province of Gümüşhane in Turkey (Atatür & Budak, 1982;Beşer et al, 2017;Gül et al, 2017). The present study reports five new localities recorded during field studies in this province in the period 24-31 August 2012 (Table 1).…”

“…According to the literature, the Caucasian salamander, M. caucasica, was only known from the north of the Gümüşhane province in Turkey (Atatür & Budak, 1982;Beşer et al, 2017;Gül et al, 2017). Our new localities show that the species is distributed further southwards.…”