Morphological and serological investigations onLacerta laevisGray, 1838 (Sauria: Lacertidae) populations from Anatolia
Articles > Article · 2001
Authors: Murat Tosunoğlu, Bayram Göçmen, Mehmet K. Atatür, İ. Ethem Çevik
Zoology in the Middle East, International, Scopus, 2001, vol 23, pp 55-60
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2001.10637867
Summary
A total of 51 specimens of Lacerta laevis (25 ♂, 26 ♀) from the area of Mersin and Hatay (southern Anatolia) were investigated morphologically, and of these 24 specimens (12 ♂, 12 ♀) were analyzed from the viewpoint of their blood-serum proteins. The populations were found to show great intra- and interpopulation variation in their pattern and colour characteristics and in their serological analyses, while their morphometric characteristics were found to be similar. It is thus concluded that, for the present, it is not possible to separate them into different subspecies.