Bone growth patterns in two cordylid lizards, Cordylus cataphractus and Pseudocordylus capensis

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Curtin, Amanda J ^a   Mouton, P le Fras N ^a   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Double lines of arrested growth; Embryonic bone; Femur; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

BONE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD;

AFRICA; CAPE FOLD BELT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CORDYLIDAE; CORDYLUS CATAPHRACTUS; PSEUDOCORDYLUS CAPENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18644366382     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2005.11407303     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. BADENHORST, N.C., MOUTON, P. LE F. N. & VAN WYK, J.H. 1992. Climates associated with melanistic cordylid populations in the southwestern Cape, South Africa. Proceedings of the second H.A.A. Symposium. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40: 70.
2. BRANCH, W.R. 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
3. CAETANO, M.H., CASTANET, J. & FRANCILLON, H. 1985. Dètermination de l'âge de Triturus marmoratus marmoratus (Latreille) du parc National de Peneda Gerês (Portugal) par squelletochronologie. Amphibia-Reptilia 6: 117-132.
4. CASTANET, J. 1981. Nouvelles donnèes sur les lignes cimentantes de l'os. Archives de Biologie (Bruxelles) 92: 1-24.
5. CASTANET, J. & CHEYLAN, M. 1979. Les marques de croissance des os et des ècailles comme indicateur de l'âge chez Testudo hermanni et Testudo graeca (Reptilia, Chelonia, Testudinidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 57: 1649-1665.
6. CASTANET, J. & BAEZ, M. 1988. Data on age and longevity in Gallotia galloti (Sauria, Lacertidae) assessed by skeletochronology. Herpetological Journal 1: 218-222.
7. CASTANET, J. & BAEZ, M. 1991. Adaptation and evolution in gallotia lizards from the Canary Islands: age, growth, maturity and longevity. Amphibia-Reptilia 12: 81-102.
8. CASTANET J. & SMIRINA, E. 1990. Introduction to the skeletochronological method in amphibians and reptiles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie 13 Serie) 11: 191-196.
9. CASTANET, J., FRANCILLON-VEILLOT, H.J., MEUNIER, F.J. & DE RIQCLÉS, A. 1993. Bone and individual ageing. In: Bone, Vol. 7, (ed.) B.K. Hall, pp. 245-283. CRC Press, London.
10. CASTANET J., MEUNIER, F.J. & DE RIQCLÉS, A. 1977. L'Enregistrement de la croissance cyclic par le tissu osseux chez les vertèbrès poïkilothermes: donnèes comparatives et essai de synthése. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique 2: 183-202.
11. CHEYLAN, M. 1984. Croissance et dètermination de l'âge chez le l'èzard ocellè (groupe Lacerta lepida, Sauria, Lacertidae) de France et du Maroc à partir de la squelettochronologie. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille 44: 29-37.
12. CHINSAMY, A., HANRAHAN, S., NETO, R.S. & SEELY, M. 1995. Skeletochronological assessment of age in Angolosaurus skoogi, a cordylid lizard living in an aseasonal environment. Journal of Herpetology 29: 457-460.
13. DE RIQCLÉS, A. 1976. On bone histology of fossil and living reptiles with comments on its functional and evolutionary significance. In: Morphology and Biology of Reptiles. Linnean Society Symposium Series 3, (eds) A. Bellairs & B. Cox, pp. 123-151. Academic Press, London.
14. ENLOW, D.H. 1963. Principles of Bone Remodeling. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield.
15. ENLOW, D.H. 1969. The bone of reptiles. In: Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 1. Morphology. (ed.) C. Gans, pp. 45-80. Academic Press, London.
16. ESTEBAN, M., GARCIA-PARIS, M. & CASTANET, J. 1996. Use of bone histology in estimating the age of frogs (Rana perezi) from a warm temperate climate area. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1914-1921.
17. FITZSIMONS, V.F.M. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 1: 1-528.
18. FLEMMING, A.F. & MOUTON, R LE F. N. 2002. Reproduction in a group-living lizard from South Africa. Journal of Herpetology 36: 691-696.
19. HEMELAAR, A.S.M. 1983. Age of Bufo bufo in amplexus over the spawning period. Oikos 40: 1-5.
20. HEMELAAR, A.S.M. 1985. An improved method to estimate the number of year rings resorbed in phalanges of Bufo bufo (L.) and its application to populations from different latitudes and altitudes. Amphibia-Reptilia 6: 323-341.
21. HERSELMAN, Y.M., MOUTON, P. LE F. N. & VAN WYK, J.H. 1992. The status of the races of the graceful crag lizard, Pseudocordylus capensis, from South Africa. Amphibia-Reptilia 13: 109-119.
22. HUMASON, G.L. 1962. Animal Tissue Techniques. W.H. Freeman, San Fransisco.
23. LOSOS, J.B., MOUTON, P. LE F. N., BICKEL, R., CORNELIUS, I. & RUDDOCK, L. 2002. The effect of body armature on escape behaviour in cordylid lizards. Animal Behaviour 64: 313-321.
24. MOUTON, P. LE F. N. 1988. Cordylus cataphractus: species account. In: South African Red Data Book - Reptiles and Amphibians, (ed.) W.R. Branch, p. 158. South African National Scientific Programmes Report No. 151.
25. MOUTON, P. LE F. N. & OELOFSEN, B.W. 1988. A model explaining patterns of geographic character variation in Cordylus cordylus (Reptilia: Cordylidae) in the south-western Cape. South African Journal of Zoology 3: 20-31.
26. MOUTON, P. LE F. N, FLEMMING, A.F. & KANGA, E.M. 1999. Grouping behaviour, tail biting behaviour, and sexual dimorphism in the armadillo lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) from South Africa. Journal of Zoology, London 249: 1-10.
27. MOUTON, P. LE F. N., FOURIE, D. & FLEMMING, A.F. 2000a. Oxygen consumption in two cordylid lizards, Cordylus cataphractus and C. polyzonus. Amphibia-Reptilia 21: 502-507.
28. MOUTON, P. LE F. N., GEERTSEMA, H. & VISAGIE, L. 2000b. Foraging biology of a group-living lizard, Cordylus cataphractus (Cordylidae). African Zoology 35: 1-7.
29. MOUTON, P. LE F. N., OELOFSEN, B.W. & MOSTERT, D.P. 1987. New data on threatened lizard species in the southwestern Cape. South African Journal of Science 83: 48-52.
30. PEABODY, F.E. 1961. Annual growth zones in vertebrates (living and fossil). Journal of Morphology 108: 11-62.
31. PEERS, B. 1930. A record of the peculiarities of the lizard Zonurus cataphractus (Boie), as observed during travels in Namaqualand in May 1928. South African Journal of Natural History 6: 402-411.
32. SMIRINA, E.M. 1983. Age determination and retrospective body size evaluation in the live common toads, Bufo bufo. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62: 437-444.
33. WYK, J.H. & MOUTON, P. LE F. N. 1998. Reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the montane viviparous lizard, Pseudocordylus capensis (Sauria: Cordylidae). South African Journal of Zoology 33: 156-165.
34. VISAGIE, L. 2001. Grouping behaviour in the armadillo lizard, Cordylus cataphractus. M.Sc. thesis, University of Stellenbosch.
35. WAKE, D.B. & CASTANET, J. 1995. A skeletochronological study of growth and age relation to adult size in Batrachoseps attenuatus. Journal of Herpetology 29: 60-65.
36. WALLINGTON, E.A. 1972. Histological Methods for Bone. Butterworths, London.
37. WAYE, H.L. & GREGORY, P.T. 1998. Determining the age of garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) by means of skeletochronology. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 288-294.
38. ZUG, G.R. & RAND, A.S. 1987. Estimation of age in nesting female Iguana iguana: testing skeletochronology in a tropical lizard. Amphibia-Reptilia 8: 237-250.