Age Estimation by Skeletochronology in the Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), a Highly Exploited Species

1 September 2000

journal article
Published by JSTOR in Journal of Herpetology

Vol. 34 (3) , 414
https://doi.org/10.2307/1565365

Abstract

The value of skeletal cyclic growth marks, or SGMs, for age estimation in the Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus, a species highly exploited for food and leather, ...

Keywords

AGE ESTIMATION
LEATHER
VARANUS
ESTIMATION BY SKELETOCHRONOLOGY
SKELETAL
CYCLIC
SGMS
NILOTICUS
SPECIES HIGHLY

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