Inventaire, structure morpho-métrique et importance des varans sacrés de Kandi (Nord-Est Bénin)
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Abstract
Les sites naturels sacrés regorgent d’espèces traditionnellement protégées. Cette étude menée de juin 2013 à décembre 2013 à Kandi (milieu soudanien) a permis de décrire les espèces de varans et d’analyser la structure morpho-métrique des varans sacrés. Les observations directes, les enquêtes ethnozoologiques semistructurées sur 74 chefs de ménage et chasseurs et, les mesures corporelles des varans capturés ont signalé la présence de Varanus exanthematicus et Varanus niloticus différenciés à partir de la taille (87% des enquêtés), forme (61%), couleur (59%) et tempérament (52%). V. niloticus était sacré pour l’ethnie dominante "Batonu". 84% des captures étaient mâtures, pesaient en moyenne 1484 g pour 111,3 cm de long. La longueur moyenne du museau-cloaque était de 44,7 cm et la queue 65,3 cm. Ils étaient plus courts et moins lourds que V. niloticus du Lac Tchad (milieu sahélien) pouvant traduire une adaptation phénotypique. La longueur de la queue (LQ) et du museau-cloaque (LMC) s’ajustent dans le modèle LQ=1,19LMC + 11,74 (R²=0,73 ; N=37). La longueur totale (L) et la masse corporelle (MC) s’ajustent dans l’équation MC=0,03L - 1,42 (R²=0,81 ; N=37). Toutefois, leur statut écologique doit être analysé en incluant la symbiose hommes-varans.© 2015 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved.Mots clés: Varans, richesse spécifique, données biométriques, KandiEnglish Title: Inventory, morpho-metric structure and importance of sacred monitor lizard of Kandi (Northeastern Benin)English AbstractSacred natural sites abound in traditionally protected species. This study led from June 2013 to July 2013 at Kandi (Sudanese area) has enabled to describe the species of monitor lizards and to analyze the morpho-metric structure of sacred monitor lizards. Direct observations, semi-structure and ethnozoological surveys on 74 heads of household and hunters, and body measurements of monitor lizards captured have indicated the presence of Varanus exanthematicus and Varanus niloticus differentiated from size (87% of investigated), form (61%), color (59%) and temperament (52%). V. niloticus was sacred for “batonu” the dominant ethnic. 84% of the captures were matures, weighed on the average 1484 g and 111.3 cm long. The average of snout-vent-length (SVL) was 44.7 cm and the tail (TL) 65.3 cm. They were more shorts and less heavy than V. niloticus of Lake Chad (sahelian environment). It can express phenotype adaptation. Tail length and snout-vent-length fit in the model TL=1.19SVL + 11.74 (R²=0.73; N=37). Total length (L) and body mass (BM) fit in the equation BM =0.03L – 1.42(R²=0.81; N=37). Therefore, their status must been analyzed including the symbiosis human-monitor lizards.© 2015 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved.Keywords: Monitor lizards, specific richness, biometrical data, Kandi
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.003 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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