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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the three new species for 17 morphological characters

From: Three new species of spiny throated reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from evergreen forests of Tanzania

Males

Species

 

SUL

HW

HLD

HLDDJ

NS

IN

EN

EE

IO

TL

THL

TFL

FL

FLL

HL

WGF

HGF

H. burgessi (19)

                  
 

Average

18.5

6.4

5.8

6.5

1.0

1.9

1.9

3.8

2.4

9.2

8.8

5.9

7.7

4.4

5.0

5.0

5.1

 

St. Dev

1.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.4

 

Range

16.4-20.3

5.4-7.3

5.2-6.5

5.9-7.4

0.9-1.2

1.6-2.1

1.7-2.3

2.6-5

2.2-3

8.4-9.8

8-9.9

5.1-6.3

6.7-8.6

3.9-5.8

4.5-5.5

4.2-6.1

4.3-6.1

H. davenporti (10)

                  
 

Average

18.9

6.5

5.4

6.4

1.0

1.9

1.9

3.8

2.4

9.1

9.1

5.8

7.4

4.4

5.4

5.4

5.0

 

St. Dev

1.0

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

 

Range

17.3-20.2

6-7.1

5-6.1

5.6-6.9

0.9-1.2

1.8-2.1

1.8-2

3.4-4

2.1-2.7

8.4-9.8

8.4-9.7

5-6.4

6.2-8.5

4.1-4.7

5.1-5.8

4.6-5.8

4.4-5.6

H. minutissimus (13)

                  
 

Average

20.3

6.8

6.1

6.5

1.0

2.0

2.0

4.2

2.4

9.9

9.5

6.2

8.8

4.7

5.8

5.9

4.5

 

St. Dev

1.2

0.5

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

 

Range

18.8-22.7

6-7.5

5.5-6.8

6.5-6.5

0.9-1.1

1.7-2.1

1.7-2.3

3.4-4.7

1.9-2.8

8.7-11

8.6-10.7

5.5-7.3

7.8-10.3

4-5.5

5-6.8

5.2-6.9

3.7-5.1

H. spinigularis (9)

                  
 

Average

19.6

6.9

6.1

6.9

1.1

1.9

2.0

3.9

2.5

9.9

8.8

6.2

8.2

4.5

5.3

5.1

4.0

 

St. Dev

1.0

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

 

Range

18.6-21.8

6.2-7.6

5.8-7.1

6.5-7.8

1-1.2

1.7-2.1

1.7-2.2

3.7-4.3

2-2.9

9.3-10.2

7.6-9.6

5.6-6.9

7.6-9.6

4.2-5

4.7-5.9

4.3-5.5

3.6-4.4

H. tanneri (2)

                  
 

Average

22.2

6.9

6.1

6.9

1.2

2.0

2.1

4.1

2.7

11.1

8.9

6.0

9.5

4.7

6.3

NA

NA

 

St. Dev

0.4

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.8

0.4

0.7

1.6

1.1

1.1

0.4

0.7

NA

NA

 

Range

21.9-22.5

6.2-7.5

5.7-6.5

6.5-7.2

1.2-1.1

1.8-2.1

2.3-1.9

3.5-4.7

2.4-3

11.6-10.6

7.7-10

5.2-6.7

8.7-10.3

4.4-5

5.8-6.8

NA

NA

Females

H. burgessi (28)

                  
 

Average

24.3

8.5

7.2

8.3

1.3

2.4

2.3

4.8

3.1

12.1

11.2

7.6

10.3

5.4

7.1

  
 

St. Dev

1.2

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.9

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.4

  
 

Range

21.3-25.9

7.6-9.6

6.1-8.3

6.5-9.4

1-1.5

2.1-2.6

1.7-2.8

4-5.3

2.3-3.8

10.6-13.1

9.8-12.9

6.9-8.4

9-11.7

4.6-5.9

6-7.8

  

H. davenporti (2)

                  
 

Average

27.0

9.2

6.9

8.4

1.3

2.3

2.6

5.2

2.8

12.9

13.0

8.6

10.7

6.3

7.4

  
 

St. Dev

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.7

0.2

  
 

Range

26.9-27

9.2-9.2

6.9-6.9

8.2-8.6

1.2-1.3

2.2-2.3

2.5-2.7

5-5.3

2.7-2.9

12.6-13.1

12.5-13.4

8.5-8.6

10.5-10.9

5.8-6.8

7.2-7.5

  

H. ukwiva (2)

                  
 

Average

28.7

10.0

8.0

9.8

1.5

2.8

2.7

5.5

3.2

14.2

14.1

8.9

12.7

7.5

9.0

  
 

St. Dev

0.9

0.8

0.1

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

1.1

0.8

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.8

  
 

Range

28-29.3

9.4-10.5

7.9-8.1

9.3-10.3

1.3-1.6

2.5-3

2.6-2.8

5.3-5.6

3.1-3.3

13.4-15

13.5-14.6

8.7-9

12.3-13

7.2-7.7

8.4-9.6

  

H. spinigularis (3)

                  
 

Average

24.5

8.7

7.3

8.8

1.3

2.3

2.6

4.9

3.1

12.9

11.8

8.2

11.1

5.6

7.0

  
 

St. Dev

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.4

0.4

  
 

Range

23.6-25.7

8.3-9.4

6.9-7.8

8.3-9.5

1.3-1.3

2.3-2.4

2.5-2.7

4.8-5

2.8-3.4

12.7-13.3

11.4-12.5

7.7-8.6

10.2-11.8

5.3-6

6.6-7.3

  

H. tanneri (2)

                  
 

Average

26.7

9.2

7.6

8.7

1.5

2.4

2.7

5.2

2.9

15.0

11.2

7.7

10.7

6.1

7.4

  
 

St. Dev

4.3

1.5

1.1

0.7

0.3

0.5

0.2

0.5

0.4

5.7

3.3

2.3

3.0

1.7

1.5

  
 

Range

23.6-29.7

8.1-10.2

6.8-8.4

8.2-9.2

1.3-1.7

2-2.7

2.5-2.8

4.8-5.5

2.6-3.2

10.9-19

8.8-13.5

6.1-9.3

8.5-12.8

4.9-7.3

6.3-8.4

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