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Titre :	Sexual dimorphism of the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758), in Anzali Lagoon, Iran (Reptilia: Emydidae) (2015)
Auteurs :	Marzieh Kaviani, Auteur ; Mohammad Reza Rahimibashar, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Zoology in the Middle East (61(3) July, 2015)
Article en page(s) :	231-235
Résumé :	The morphometric characteristics of the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis, were studied at Anzali lagoon on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Males were on average (N=249) with 272.0g significantly lighter than females with 447.0g, and average carapace length was significantly smaller (123.0mm in males, 139.0 in females). Females exceeded males also in all other studied characters (carapace width, plastron length, plastron width, and scute height). The sex ratio of male to female was 1 to 1.03, and the comparison of total tail length and cloaca-tail tip length revealed a difference between the position of the cloaca in both sexes, a character useful for sex determination in this species.

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