Table 4.
Measurements (in mm) of adult species in the genera Adolfus and Congolacerta gen. nov. Data are averages ± one standard deviation, with ranges in parentheses. Abbreviations and measurements are explained in the Materials and Methods. SVL/TL given as percentage data; m = adult male, f = adult female, n = unknown gender. Data for A. alleni are taken from single individuals from Mt. Elgon (Uganda, 1n) and the Aberdare Mountains (Kenya, 1m), which are likely not conspecific.
| Characters | A. africanus (4 m, 3 f) |
A. alleni (1n, 1m) |
A. jacksoni (10 m, 6f) | C. asukului (3 m, 1f) | C. vauereselli (6 m, 5 f) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVL (m) | 56.95 ± 1.13 (55.7–58.4) | 48.0, 46.0 | 70.46 ± 6.42 (64.0–84.3) | 55.40 ± 2.52 (53.7–58.3) | 53.42 ± 2.15 (50.0–55.5) |
| SVL (f) | 60.90 ± 0.95 (59.9–61.8) | — | 70.28 ± 5.46 (62.3–76.6) | 51.9 | 55.46 ± 3.89 (50.0–60.4) |
| TL (m) | 104.6, 113.6 | — | 101.3, 112.6 | 111.4 | 114.74 ± 3.89 (50.0–60.4) |
| TL (f) | 103.0 | — | — | — | 112.10 ± 4.10 (109.2–115.0) |
| SVL/TL | 54.93 ± 5.55 (49.0–60.0) | — | 56.8, 63.3 | 52.3 | 46.95 ± 2.66 (44.4–51.7) |
| HL | 14.36 ± 0.61 (13.4–15.1) | 10.0, 10.3 | 16.33 ± 2.07 (12.4–20.2) | 11.35 ± 2.53 (8.4–14.0) | 12.61 ± 0.82 (11.1–13.8) |
| HW | 8.74 ± 0.44 (8.2–9.5) | 6.4, 6.4 | 10.63 ± 1.61 (7.8–14.2) | 8.18 ± 1.43 (6.5–10.0) | 8.12 ± 1.41 (6.8–11.9) |
| HH | 6.21 ± 0.20 (6.0–6.6) | 5.3, 5.6 | 7.19 ± 1.24 (5.6–9.4) | 8.18 ± 3.12 (4.8–11.3) | 5.57 ± 0.45 (5.0–6.5) |
| SKL | 14.06 ± 0.57 (13.1–14.7) | 9.7, 11.0 | 16.75 ± 2.32 (12.5–20.5) | 12.58 ± 1.48 (10.4–13.7) | 12.57 ± 0.77 (11.2–13.8) |
| SEL | 6.31 ± 0.43 (5.9–7.0) | 3.7, 4.4 | 6.50 ± 0.83 (5.3–7.7) | 4.90 ± 0.62 (4.0–5.4) | 5.51 ± 0.47 (4.7–6.1) |
| ML | 11.14 ± 0.48 (10.7–11.8) | 8.4, 8.9 | 12.10 ± 1.45 (9.3–14.1) | 10.33 ± 1.46 (8.2–11.5) | 10.11 ± 0.74 (8.7–11.0) |
| SAL | 20.76 ± 1.62 (19.0–23.7) | 17.9, 17.8 | 25.74 ± 3.69 (19.5–32.0) | 19.47 ± 2.63 (16.2–22.1) | 19.98 ± 1.90 (16.4–22.5) |
| AGD | 26.39 ± 2.64 (23.0–30.4) | 23.3, 22.7 | 32.10 ± 4.22 (25.9–40.2) | 27.83 ± 0.95 (26.8–28.9) | 24.91 ± 2.38 (21.8–29.5) |
| HML | 7.47 ± 0.85 (6.6–8.9) | 4.8, 4.5 | 7.53 ± 1.11 (5.5–9.2) | 5.48 ± 0.76 (4.4–6.1) | 7.00 ± 1.31 (6.0–10.4) |
| RUL | 7.84 ± 0.22 (7.5–8.1) | 4.9, 4.6 | 7.73 ± 0.97 (6.0–9.1) | 5.73 ± 1.17 (4.2–6.9) | 7.99 ± 1.35 (6.2–10.7) |
| FL | 10.06 ± 0.51 (9.3–11.0) | 5.9, 6.4 | 10.11 ± 0.96 (8.6–11.9) | 6.93 ± 1.10 (5.3–7.7) | 8.69 ± 1.10 (7.2–10.6) |
| TFL | 10.20 ± 0.51 (9.3–10.9) | 6.0, 6.2 | 10.01 ± 1.27 (7.6–11.7) | 7.10 ± 1.29 (5.2–8.1) | 9.06 ± 0.88 (8.2–10.3) |
| LTL | 10.40 ± 0.84 (9.3–11.7) | 6.4, 6.5 | 10.51 ± 1.10 (8.6–12.3) | 7.78 ± 1.09 (6.3–8.9) | 8.76 ± 0.99 (6.8–9.8) |