Altitude impacts body size but not age in the Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko (<i>Mediodactylus heterocercus</i>)

Age and size-related life-history traits of animals are influenced by a variety factors. In connection with climate, the effect altitude on demographic parameters may differ among different populations same species. present study, we analyzed how body size longevity Asia Minor Thin-toed Gecko (Mediodactylus heterocercus (Blanford, 1874)) vary along an elevational gradient in Turkey. For this purpose, total 138 specimens species (52 males, 75 females, 11 juveniles) from were analyzed. Populations at intermediate had shorter lifespans compared those low high altitudes (marginal environments). Furthermore, adult life expectancy (ESP), which indicates expected lifespan individuals having reached sexual maturity, was higher high-altitude (ESP: 6.59 years) than intermediate-altitude 5.40 low-altitude 6.01 years). The results study suggest that size, but not age, Geckos increases altitude.