İKİ AGAMİD KERTENKELESİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMALI EKOMORFOLOJİK ANALİZİ:STELLAGAMA STELLİO VE TRAPELUS LESSONAE POPÜLASYONLARINDA HABİTAT FARKLILIKLARININ FENOTİPİK ETKİSİ
Proje no. 496 · Durum: Kapanmış · 2018
Özet
<p>In this study, color-pattern characteristics, morphometric characters and phylogenetic relationships were investigated in 81 <em>Laudakia stellio</em> and 17 <em>Trapelus lessonae</em> individuals. It is aimed to reveal the morphological differences in the populations distributed in different regions of Turkey from qualitative and quantitative aspects, to determine the findings of environmental factors that trigger or suppress these differences, and to investigate whether they are hereditary or not.</p><p>The results showed that the populations of <em>T. lessonae</em> in Urfa and Konya were in the same subclade, and the two populations were separated in terms of color and pattern. It has been found that <em>L. stellio</em> is divided into four subclades which are separated in parallel with the ecological regions they are located, and these findings are supported by PC analyzes of the RGB values. There is sexual dimorphism in L. stellio in terms of morphometric characters. The dorsal body pattern provides information about the sex of the individual as well as the geographic location of the population. The ventral body pattern is variable and should not be taken as a distinguishing character. It has also been found that climate alone is not a color determining factor.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Agamidae, <em>Laudakia stellio</em>, <em>Trapelus lessonae</em>, Morphology, Coloration, Ecology, Ecomorphology, Phylogeny</p>