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Table 4 Character codification used in the life-history trait analysis of Leptodactylinae

From: Ancestral reconstruction of reproductive traits shows no tendency toward terrestriality in leptodactyline frogs

Character

State 0

State 1

State 2

State 3

Reproductive mode

Mode 11

Mode 13

Mode 30

Mode 32

Clutch size

Less than 50

Between 50 and 1,000

More than 1,000

–

Habitat

Open areas

Forest formations

–

–

Tadpole environment

Lotic water bodies

Lentic water bodies

Terrestrial tadpole

–

Nuptial spine

Absence

Presence

–

–

Egg pigmentation

Absence

Presence

–

–

  1. The character codification was used in the ancestral state reconstruction, character mapping and correlation analysis of the six life-history traits for 35 species of Leptodactylinae. Polymorphic data were coded as missing data.