TY - JOUR
T1 - Record sizes for the Turkish house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, from Aegean islands, Greece
AU - Itescu, Yuval
AU - Schwarz, Rachel
AU - Moses, Michael
AU - Pafilis, Panayiotis
AU - Meiri, Shai
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded by an Israel Science Foundation (ISF) grant #1005/12.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Insular animals are thought to evolve extreme sizes compared to the mainland. The reported maximum body size of the Turkish house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, does not go beyond 61 mm in snout-vent length, 120 mm in total length and 3.6 g in mass, across its distribution. Here we report much higher size estimates for this species on the Aegean islands of Kassos, Sifnos and Anafi. The commonly perceived drivers of insular gigantism vary across these islands. Therefore, the reasons for the extreme size on these islands, while on other Aegean islands live "normal-sized" geckos, are unclear.
AB - Insular animals are thought to evolve extreme sizes compared to the mainland. The reported maximum body size of the Turkish house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, does not go beyond 61 mm in snout-vent length, 120 mm in total length and 3.6 g in mass, across its distribution. Here we report much higher size estimates for this species on the Aegean islands of Kassos, Sifnos and Anafi. The commonly perceived drivers of insular gigantism vary across these islands. Therefore, the reasons for the extreme size on these islands, while on other Aegean islands live "normal-sized" geckos, are unclear.
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AN - SCOPUS:85013481283
SN - 1473-0928
SP - 24
EP - 26
JO - Herpetological Bulletin
JF - Herpetological Bulletin
IS - 138
ER -