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. 2010 Sep 20;10:289. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-289

Table 5.

Sexual shape and size (SSD) dimorphisms.

sexual shape dimorphism
island p mainland p

d 0.0382 (0.0347-0.0504) < 0.001 0.0309 (0.0278-0.0513) 0.05


sexual size dimorphism Mean SVL: Females/Males (# of individuals)

Years (LAGs) island mainland

1 42.02(6)/40.19(5) 47.40(14)/45.36(7)

2 57.85(6)/62.02(5) 59.95(9)/59.85(13)

3 69.71(11)/78.28(8)* 72.55(7)/76.90(6)

d = Procrustes distances. Number of individuals is reported in parentheses. For SSD we report the mean SVL of females (left) and the mean SVL of males (right). *t = 4.26, p < 0.001.