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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">During two consecutive years, the age distribution of the reproductive portion of coexisting populations&#13;
of Pelodytes caucasiens, Hyla arborea, Bufo verrucosissimus, B. viridis, Rana macrocnemis and R. ridibunda&#13;
was studied using skeletochronological methods. Significant interspecific differences were found for the mean&#13;
age of adults and population turnover rates, while the minimum age of maturation was two years for most&#13;
species. The youngest mean age was found in P. caucasicus and R. ridibunda, the oldest in female Bufo spp.&#13;
Turnover rates were higher in early maturing species.</abstract>
