Skeletochronological determination of age and demographic analysis of a population of Acanthodactylus pardalis (Lischenstein, 1823) of the Kerkennah islands (Tunisia)
Nouira, S.
Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis 64(3): 351-362
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-2509 PMID: 3689058 Document Number: 297400
The skeletochronological analysis of 34 adult lizards from population of Acanthodactylus pardalis of Kerkennah islands in Tunisia enabled to: determine the individual age of the animals; delineate four various cohorts making up the studied population; evaluate around 4 years life span in nature of this species; point out that the renewal rate accounts for 41% of its population. Moreover the method of "maximums successifs" is applied on sizeable sample in order to shore up the obtained results.