Food composition of Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) (Squamata: Scincidae), from the Cyprus Island
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Tarih
2013
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Firenze Univ Press
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
We examined the food composition of the museum specimens of Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) collected from Morphou (=Guzelyurt) and Gonyeli (Nicosia District, Northern Cyprus). The stomach contents of 41 (23 males, 11 females, and 7 juveniles) individuals were analyzed, and totally 86 prey items were detected. The species was found to feed mainly on a variety of insects (94.3%) and particularly on coleopterans (62.1%). No statistically significant sex-or age-dependent difference was observed in the feeding regime. In conclusion, the diet of C. ocellatus was based mainly on insects and other arthropods.
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Chalcides ocellatus, Ocellated skink, food analysis, Cyprus
Kaynak
Acta Herpetologica
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Q3
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Q3
Cilt
8
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2
