Table 1.

Comparisons of relative limb growth between species from the same island. We found no significant differences in slope for any species pairs. Notice that post-hatching allometric trajectories for hindlimb elements show significant differences in intercept on all islands, while only Cuban and Hispaniolan forelimb elements show significant differences. Similar patterns were recovered in the embryonic analysis. Significant comparisons are highlighted in bold.

	slopes			intercepts
	d.f.	F	p	d.f.	F	p
post-hatching allometry
Cuba
A. sagrei versus A. carolinensis
femur	1,42	1.257	0.269	1,43	72.278	p < 0.0001
tibia	1,42	0.34	0.563	1,43	94.614	p < 0.001
humerus	1,42	0.361	0.551	1,43	17.427	p < 0.0001
radius	1,42	0.417	0.522	1,43	27.108	p < 0.0001
Jamaica
A. lineatopus versus A. grahami
femur	1,38	0.029	0.866	1,39	26.346	p < 0.001
tibia	1,38	0.145	0.705	1,39	19.807	p < 0.001
humerus	1,38	0.371	0.546	1,39	0.177	0.677
radius	1,38	1.685	0.202	1,39	0.449	0.507
Hispaniola
A. cybotes versus A. coelestinus
femur	1,70	1.098	0.298	1,71	248.036	p < 0.0001
tibia	1,70	1.213	0.275	1,71	203.093	p < 0.0001
humerus	1,70	2.54	0.115	1,71	158.09	p < 0.0001
radius	1,70	1.638	0.205	1,71	231.776	p < 0.0001
Puerto Rico
A. cristatellus versus A. evermanni
femur	1,57	0.178	0.675	1,58	21.87	p < 0.001
tibia	1,57	0.147	0.703	1,58	11.226	p < 0.001
humerus	1,57	0.233	0.631	1,58	0.292	0.591
radius	1,57	0.206	0.651	1,58	2.028	0.16
embryonic limb allometry
Cuba
A. sagrei versus A. carolinensis
femur	1,34	0.087	0.77	1,35	31.137	p < 0.001
tibia	1,34	1.937	0.173	1,35	39.659	p < 0.001
humerus	1,34	0.006	0.937	1,35	16.99	p < 0.001
radius	1,34	0.782	0.383	1,35	8.884	p < 0.001
Jamaica
A. lineatopus versus A. grahami
femur	1,31	0.394	0.535	1,32	5.515	0.025
tibia	1,31	0.003	0.956	1,32	5.694	0.023
humerus	1,31	0.591	0.448	1,32	0.993	0.326
radius	1,31	0.123	0.728	1,32	0.007	0.934