Table 2. Descriptive statistics of the level of equilibrium among world.

Scale	Biogeographical region	Order	Mean	Median	Standard deviation	Skewness	Kurtosis	N
Global		All Orders	0.30	0.23	0.24	1.34	1.19	2005
Regional		All Orders	0.57	0.56	0.27	0.02	−1.11	1816
	Neotropic	All Orders	0.48	0.45	0.27	0.26	−0.97	729
		Anura	0.48	0.46	0.27	0.25	−0.97	695
		Caudata	0.33	0.37	0.17	−0.31	−1.47	8
		Gymnophiona	0.38	0.30	0.29	0.67	−1.01	27
	Palearctic	All Orders	0.58	0.55	0.29	0.03	−1.32	138
		Anura	0.56	0.50	0.29	0.09	−1.27	97
		Caudata	0.64	0.63	0.28	−0.08	−1.51	41
	Nearctic	All Orders	0.78	0.83	0.22	−0.83	−0.31	137
		Anura	0.75	0.79	0.24	−0.63	−0.89	57
		Caudata	0.81	0.83	0.20	−0.95	0.29	80
	Afrotropic	All Orders	0.55	0.55	0.24	0.11	−0.80	328
		Anura	0.56	0.55	0.24	0.10	−0.81	325
		Gymnophiona	0.43	0.54	0.23	−1.68	--------	3
	Indo-Malay	All Orders	0.55	0.48	0.26	0.57	−0.86	229
		Anura	0.55	0.49	0.27	0.56	−0.88	226
		Gymnophiona	0.45	0.42	0.15	0.87	--------	3
	Madagascar	Anura	0.88	0.89	0.1	−0.88	1.07	72
	Australasia	Anura	0.69	0.70	0.24	−0.24	−1.11	183