TABLE 3. Sexual variation in scutellation and measurements of Microlophus slevini. Range followed by mean ± standard deviation are presented.
| Character |
Females (N = 10) |
Males (N = 13) |
| scales around midbody |
63–70 67.80 ± 2.10 |
66–72 68.85 ± 1.95 |
| vertebrals |
38–45 42.50 ± 2.42 |
38–44 40.92 ± 2.33 |
| postrostrals |
2–4 3.11 ± 0.60 |
2–4 3.15 ± 0.55 |
| internasals |
4–5 4.11 ± 0.33 |
3–5 4.00 ± 0.41 |
| supralabials |
3–4 3.90 ± 0.32 |
4–5 4.08 ± 0.28 |
| infralabials |
5–6 5.70 ± 0.48 |
5–6 5.38 ± 0.51 |
| loreals |
4–5 4.56 ± 0.53 |
3–5 3.92 ± 0.64 |
| lorilabials |
8–10 9.20 ± 0.92 |
6–10 8.31 ± 0.95 |
| gulars |
27–32 29.90 ± 1.73 |
27–39 33.64 ± 3.88 |
| lamellae Finger IV |
19–20 19.60 ± 0.52 |
20–21 20.15 ± 0.38 |
| lamellae Toe IV |
25–29 27.20 ± 1.23 |
26–30 28.15 ± 1.21 |
| head length |
14.10–17.26 15.33 ± 1.20 |
16.21–19.57 17.80 ± 1.27 |
| head width |
10.80–13.42 12.03 ± 0.86 |
12.70–15.49 14.08 ± 1.03 |
| head height |
8.43–11.89 9.59 ± 1.09 |
10.23–14.14 11.79 ± 1.08 |
| interparietal width/length |
1.07–1.23 1.17 ± 0.06 |
0.91–1.19 1.07 ± 0.09 |
| distance between limbs |
24.30–30.69 28.28 ± 1.96 |
27.69–39.24 31.77 ± 3.65 |
| hind limb length |
47.01–65.27 53.26 ± 6.04 |
56.67–67.83 62.39 ± 3.46 |
| maximum SVL |
77 |
86 |