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September 18, 2025AnimalsOpen Access

State-of-the-Art Age Determination Methods for Amphibians and Reptiles

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This overview evaluates age determination methods, highlighting skeletochronology and capture–mark–recapture techniques for amphibians and reptiles.

The capture–mark–recapture technique provides precise age estimates for wild amphibians and reptiles, though it is time-consuming.
Skeletochronology, based on growth marks in hard tissues, is deemed reliable for age estimation in various species.
Indirect methods like counting growth marks on scutes and scales are less reliable and have limited applicability.
Emerging molecular methods, such as telomere length measurement, show promise but need further testing across species.

Guarino et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This overview evaluates age determination methods, highlighting skeletochronology and capture–mark–recapture techniques for amphibians and reptiles.