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Table 2 Within-group mean and range of traits with significant mean differences between groups. Trait differences between groups were tested for significance with Dunnett’s modified Tukey-Kramer (DTK) test

From: Pre-Quaternary divergence and subsequent radiation explain longitudinal patterns of genetic and morphological variation in the striped skink, Heremites vittatus

 

Western (W)

Central (C)

Eastern (E)

Significance

Trait

mean (min-max)

mean (min-max)

mean (min-max)

W-E; W-C; C-E

# middorsals (MDN)

54.73 (52–57)

55.16 (52–59)

56.7 (52–61)

**; NS; ****

# midventrals (MVN)

36.93 (34–40)

41.72 (36–48)

40.93 (36–46)

****; ****; NS

# longitudinal scale rows (LSN)

33.27 (32–36)

32.5 (31–34)

31.68 (30–34)

***; NS; ****

# subdigital lamellae under 4th toe (SDLN)

18.2 (16–20)

16.41 (15–20)

16.1 (14–19)

****; ****; NS

Normalized width of tail at tail base (HTc)

0.070 (0.050–0.097)

0.090 (0.042–0.130)

0.099 (0.039–0.128)

****; **; NS

Normalized height of tail at tail base (VTc)

0.069 (0.040–0.107)

0.090 (0.035–0.127)

0.098 (0.039–0.127)

***; **; NS

Normalized head length (HLc)

0.183 (0.152–0.224)

0.171 (0.147–0.212)

0.162 (0.128–0.210)

**; NS; *

Normalized head width (HBc)

0.729 (0.647–0.824)

0.749 (0.604–0.924)

0.767 (0.667–0.948)

*; NS; NS

Normalized length of hind leg (LHc)

0.355 (0.328–0.381)

0.348 (0.285–0.403)

0.334 (0.287–0.388)

**; NS; *

Normalized length of front leg (LFc)

0.229 (0.199–0.270)

0.232 (0.184–0.281)

0.220 (0.166–0.265)

NS; NS; *

Normalized length of tibia (LTc)

0.125 (0.116–0.137)

0.115 (0.096–0.129)

0.111 (0.097–0.131)

****; ****; **

Normalized length of forearm (LAc)

0.091 (0.082–0.105)

0.085 (0.074–0.098)

0.081 (0.069–0.101)

***; **; *

Normalized inter-nare distance (INAc)

0.170 (0.117–0.214)

0.179 (0.127–0.229)

0.190 (0.152–0.235)

*; NS; *