Table 1.
Means ± standard deviations, and confidence limits of the 17 variables measured in the specimens of each turtle species for the quantitative analysis
| Ge. chilensis | Ph. hilarii | Po. unifilis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | CL | Mean | SD | CL | Mean | SD | CL | |
| SVL (mm) | 175.64 | 35.38 | 28.31 | 132.87 | 7.61 | 6.09 | 57.80 | 2.29 | 1.83 |
| BITL (mm) | 12.47 | 3.00 | 2.63 | 8.42 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 5.02 | 0.90 | 0.72 |
| BIML (mm) | 23.10 | 5.18 | 4.54 | 17.00 | 2.72 | 2.17 | 8.92 | 2.12 | 1.70 |
| Ratio T/M | 1.8580 | 0.0986 | 0.0864 | 2.0350 | 0.3973 | 0.3179 | 1.8150 | 0.4802 | 0.3842 |
| EXDILO (mg) | 287.9 | 440.9 | 352.8 | 13.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| EXCARA (mg) | 92.0 | 49.8 | 39.8 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| EXCAUL (mg) | 54.1 | 33.9 | 27.1 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| TRRA (mg) | 70.2 | 57.8 | 50.7 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| PRTE (mg) | 34.6 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| FLCARA (mg) | 115.5 | 97.4 | 77.9 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| FLDILO (mg) | 209.2 | 49.8 | 39.9 | 19.6 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| PALO (mg) | 51.1 | 30.0 | 29.4 | 12.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| FLCAUL (mg) | 98.3 | 73.3 | 58.7 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| PRPR (mg) | 25.5 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| PRAC (mg) | 19.3 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| ABPOLO (mg) | 6.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Mass (mg) | 987,88 | 617,44 | 494,04 | 127,30 | 23,52 | 18,82 | 15,77 | 1,67 | 1,34 |
ABPOLO: abductor pollici longus, BIML: biceps muscular length, BITL: biceps tendon length, EXCARA: extensor carpi radialis, EXCAUL: extensor carpi ulnaris, EXDILO: extensor digitorum longus, FLCARA: flexor carpi radialis, FLCAUL: flexor carpi ulnaris mass, FLDILO:flexor digitorum longus, PALO: palmaris longus, PRAC: pronator accesorius, PRPR: pronator profundus, PRTE: pronator teres mass, Ratio T/M: ratio biceps tendon/muscular length, SD: standard deviation, SVL: snout–vent length, TRRA: tractor radii mass.