Table 7 List and brief description of the phenotypic measurements taken
From: Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus(Squamata: Lacertidae)
Variable (unit) | Description |
|---|---|
SVL (mm) | snout to vent length |
Total length (mm) | snout to tail tip length |
SVL ratio | SVL/total length |
Body mass (g) | Â |
Head length (mm) | distances between the tip of the snout and the occipital edge |
Head width (mm) | distances between the borders of the outermost left and right |
| Â | supraocular scales (located behind the eyes). |
Head shape | degree of head sharpness. Head width/head length [82] |
Snout width (mm) | distance between the left and right foremost intersection point of |
| Â | the first supraocular and the first supraciliar scale |
Snout length (mm) | distance between the tip of the snout and the orthogonal |
| Â | intersection with the snout width |
Snout shape | degree of snout sharpness. Snout length/snout width |
Anal scale width (mm) | distance between the posterior borders of the anal scale |
Relative anal scale | anal scale width/SVL [84] |
width | Â |
Femoral pores | mean number of right and left femoral pores |
Ventral scales | number of longitudinal ventral scale rows |
Subocular scales | number supralabial scales below subocular scale [103] |
Throat scales | number throat scales |
Collar scales | number well-differentiated collar scales |
Number of ocelli | mean number of left and right ocels |
Nuptial coloration | sum of presence/absence (1/0) of green coloration on neck, belly, subocular and supralabial scales + number of green coloured longitudinal lines + number of green coloured longitudinal lines that spread further than the middle of the body/2 |