Table 1.
Morphological traits across nine anole species. (Means with standard deviations are shown. SVL, snout–vent length; GG, genioglossus muscle; and CH, ceratohyoid muscle.)
| sex | n | measures associated with dewlap use |
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| cartilage length (mm) | cartilage area (mm2) | CH depth (mm) | CH fibre size (µm2) | |||
| A. bahorucoensis | M | 13 | 12.8 (2.1) | 0.034 (0.005) | 0.19 (0.04) | 597 (193) |
| F | 11 | 8.1 (0.8) | 0.011 (0.002) | 0.10 (0.02) | 439 (101) | |
| A. brevirostris | M | 12 | 17.8 (1.9) | 0.062 (0.014) | 0.32 (0.08) | 846 (170) |
| F | 10 | 9.8 (1.4) | 0.012 (0.005) | 0.10 (0.04) | 409 (120) | |
| A. carolinensis | M | 12 | 25.5 (2.6) | 0.102 (0.018) | 0.46 (0.04) | 961 (107) |
| F | 10 | 12.9 (3.2) | 0.038 (0.007) | 0.25 (0.02) | 612 (93) | |
| A. coelestinus | M | 13 | 22.4 (3.8) | 0.064 (0.012) | 0.32 (0.07) | 811 (212) |
| F | 10 | 13.9 (2.0) | 0.023 (0.002) | 0.15 (0.05) | 397 (69) | |
| A. cybotes | M | 12 | 32.4 (6.3) | 0.176 (0.041) | 0.50 (0.08) | 1035 (321) |
| F | 10 | 15.8 (2.9) | 0.042 (0.011) | 0.22 (0.07) | 551 (134) | |
| A. grahami | M | 12 | 25.6 (2.3) | 0.091 (0.011) | 0.39 (0.10) | 1165 (229) |
| F | 10 | 13.5 (1.5) | 0.020 (0.005) | 0.18 (0.03) | 448 (84) | |
| A. lineatopus | M | 12 | 32.8 (1.3) | 0.154 (0.028) | 0.57 (0.08) | 1075 (278) |
| F | 10 | 13.7 (2.5) | 0.024 (0.008) | 0.18 (0.04) | 531 (142) | |
| A. olssoni | M | 12 | 27.6 (4.5) | 0.089 (0.019) | 0.39 (0.07) | 1054 (314) |
| F | 10 | 8.8 (1.8) | 0.016 (0.005) | 0.16 (0.02) | 372 (131) | |
| A. valencienni | M | 11 | 30.0 (3.5) | 0.106 (0.029) | 0.41 (0.08) | 1057 (191) |
| F | 10 | 23.5 (0.8) | 0.045 (0.006) | 0.31 (0.03) | 736 (102) | |
| body size | procedural controls | |||||
| sex | n | SVL (mm) | mass (g) | trachea (mm2) | GG fibre size (µm2) | |
| A. bahorucoensis | M | 13 | 41.4 (2.8) | 1.31 (0.31) | 0.29 (0.05) | 1043 (304) |
| F | 11 | 36.5 (2.0) | 0.93 (0.18) | 0.26 (0.03) | 1126 (170) | |
| A. brevirostris | M | 12 | 44.0 (3.2) | 2.63 (0.43) | 0.35 (0.04) | 1221 (241) |
| F | 10 | 40.7 (1.3) | 1.86 (0.22) | 0.26 (0.04) | 1002 (207) | |
| A. carolinensis | M | 12 | 63.4 (2.5) | 5.57 (0.76) | 0.41 (0.04) | 917 (139) |
| F | 10 | 52.1 (3.0) | 3.22 (0.46) | 0.31 (0.03) | 1008 (127) | |
| A. coelestinus | M | 13 | 63.5 (5.2) | 5.85 (1.36) | 0.64 (0.17) | 1301 (257) |
| F | 10 | 49.8 (1.0) | 2.74 (0.33) | 0.36 (0.07) | 1143 (197) | |
| A. cybotes | M | 12 | 60.9 (6.3) | 6.65 (2.07) | 1.02 (0.25) | 1320 (271) |
| F | 10 | 48.0 (5.5) | 3.79 (1.08) | 0.57 (0.16) | 1198 (316) | |
| A. grahami | M | 12 | 59.7 (5.0) | 5.79 (1.69) | 0.54 (0.10) | 1236 (182) |
| F | 10 | 46.0 (2.3) | 2.41 (0.50) | 0.29 (0.04) | 1097 (176) | |
| A. lineatopus | M | 12 | 59.4 (3.1) | 5.14 (0.59) | 0.65 (0.16) | 1138 (172) |
| F | 10 | 44.3 (2.4) | 2.06 (0.37) | 0.32 (0.06) | 1119 (115) | |
| A. olssoni | M | 12 | 42.9 (1.9) | 1.19 (0.28) | 0.20 (0.03) | 855 (179) |
| F | 10 | 40.0 (3.4) | 0.81 (0.29) | 0.18 (0.02) | 828 (204) | |
| A. valencienni | M | 11 | 62.0 (4.4) | 4.09 (1.06) | 0.44 (0.09) | 1282 (287) |
| F | 10 | 54.7 (3.5) | 2.70 (0.56) | 0.29 (0.01) | 1022 (112) | |