Table 1. Summary of morphological and bite performance data for male (M) and female (F) dwarf chameleons used in this study, grouped by phenotypic form.
B. melanocephalum | Type A | B. thamnobates | Type B | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Morphology | ||||||||
N | 25 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 12 |
SVL (mm) | 49.14 | 57.47 | 48.23 | 45.34 | 60.00 | 66.42 | 68.97 | 77.49 |
(0.88) | (0.95) | (1.68) | (1.37) | (3.27) | (3.32) | (1.20) | (1.98) | |
Non-ornamented | ||||||||
LJL (mm) | 11.55 | 11.05 | 13.27 | 14.29 | 14.39 | 13.56 | 11.06 | 11.65 |
(0.84) | (0.86) | (3.15) | (2.29) | (3.19) | (3.06) | (2.27) | (2.56) | |
HL (mm) | 11.68 | 11.23 | 13.08 | 13.96 | 14.47 | 14.17 | 11.12 | 12.72 |
(0.72) | (0.85) | (2.41) | (2.18) | (2.56) | (2.76) | (1.89) | (2.60) | |
HH (mm) | 6.98 | 6.89 | 8.44 | 9.08 | 9.00 | 8.73 | 6.81 | 7.42 |
(0.67) | (0.47) | (2.24) | (1.65) | (1.96) | (2.10) | (1.41) | (1.45) | |
HW (mm) | 7.54 | 7.33 | 9.28 | 9.87 | 10.41 | 9.84 | 7.51 | 7.87 |
(0.48) | (0.59) | (2.59) | (2.10) | (2.50) | (2.60) | (1.19) | (1.71) | |
CT (mm) | 9.05 | 8.82 | 10.22 | 10.94 | 10.84 | 10.57 | 8.48 | 9.07 |
(0.67) | (0.80) | (2.29) | (1.71) | (2.32) | (2.41) | (1.44) | (1.64) | |
QT (mm) | 10.29 | 9.79 | 11.82 | 12.50 | 13.08 | 12.18 | 9.51 | 10.36 |
(0.68) | (0.87) | (3.00) | (2.05) | (2.93) | (3.00) | (1.86) | (2.15) | |
Ornamented | ||||||||
CH (mm) | 4.66 | 4.44 | 7.04 | 7.23 | 7.85 | 7.49 | 5.12 | 5.48 |
(0.84) | (0.70) | (2.86) | (1.84) | (2.42) | (2.42) | (1.41) | (2.05) | |
CHL (mm) | 16.75 | 16.18 | 19.90 | 21.46 | 22.28 | 21.25 | 15.75 | 17.44 |
(1.12) | (1.20) | (4.79) | (3.90) | (4.83) | (5.12) | (3.17) | (3.94) | |
CHH (mm) | 9.85 | 9.57 | 13.29 | 14.41 | 14.69 | 14.53 | 10.11 | 11.25 |
(1.29) | (1.04) | (4.68) | (3.03) | (4.09) | (4.23) | (2.45) | (3.29) | |
Performance | ||||||||
N | 23 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 12 |
Bite force (N) | 10.37 | 13.88 | 11.77 | 9.05 | 23.57 | 24.74 | 30.4 | 34.25 |
(3.11) | (4.11) | (5.55) | (5.23) | (17.89) | (16.35) | (7.58) | (13.04) |
Standard deviation shown in brackets. LJL, lower jaw length; HL, head length; HH, head height; HW, head width; CT, coronoid process of mandible to snout tip; QT, posterior surface of quadrate to snout tip; CH, casque height; CHL, casque head length; CHH, casque head height.