Small Clutch Size in a Mediterranean Endemic Lacertid (Podarcis milensis)

C. Adamopoulou; E. D. Valakos

doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0610:SCSIAM]2.0.CO;2

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C. Adamopoulou,^1,2,3 E. D. Valakos^4,5

¹University of Athens, Department of Biology, Zoological Museum, Panepistimioupolis 157 84, Athens, Greece
²Present address: (CA) Biology Department, Earth and Marine Sciences Building D324, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz. California 95064. chloe@biology.ucsc.edu
³Send reprint requests to CA.
⁴University of Athens, Department of Biology, Section of Animal and Human Physiology, Panepistimioupolis 157 84, Athens, Greece.
⁵evalakos@biology.db.uoa.gr

Abstract

The reproductive strategy of Podarcis milensis exhibits some peculiarities when compared with other congeners. Males and females attain sexual maturity at a minimum body size of 47 and 42 mm SVL, respectively, both at an age of about one year. Podarcis milensis has a very small clutch size, with a mean of 1.73 and a range of 1–3 eggs, and produces multiple clutches annually. Both sexes exhibit a prolonged reproductive period extending from January to August.

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C. Adamopoulou and E. D. Valakos "Small Clutch Size in a Mediterranean Endemic Lacertid (Podarcis milensis)," Copeia 2000(2), 610-614, (1 May 2000). https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0610:SCSIAM]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 8 August 1999; Published: 1 May 2000

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