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. 2015 Dec 16;10(12):e0142823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142823

Table 2. Summary of snout vent length (SVL) in milimeters for African clawed frogs.

species aveF maxF stdevF #F aveM maxM stdevM #M
subgenus Silurana
X. calcaratus 44 59 12 19 - - - -
X. epitropicalis 56 68 5 12 43 49 2 12
X. mellotropicalis 53 58 6 14 45 51 3 12
X. tropicalis 51 59 10 18 42 44 2 16
subgenus Xenopus
amieti group
X. allofraseri 34 48 7 17 35 38 3 6
X. amieti 45 49 2 6 37 40 2 10
X. andrei 48 53 4 11 35 37 2 12
X. boumbaensis 36 53 9 31 34 37 3 13
X. cf. boumbaensis 45 48 4 11 35 37 1 14
X. eysoole 48 52 6 9 40 42 2 4
X. fraseri* - - - - 35 37 3 2
X. itombwensis 36 38 3 2 31 37 2 12
X. kobeli 42 47 3 7 35 38 2 7
X. lenduensis 48 56 5 27 40 46 3 15
X. longipes 30 34 2 8 26 29 1 8
X. parafraseri 37 42 3 14 34 38 4 3
X. pygmaeus 33 36 3 2 28 28 1 2
X. ruwenzoriensis* 38 48 2 4 37 39 2 6
X. wittei 49 54 3 17 41 45 3 15
X. vestitus 49 54 6 38 40 43 2 17
laevis group
X. gilli 51 61 6 65 39 42 2 22
X. laevis 86 119 15 43 63 83 11 66
X. poweri 59 71 6 16 46 56 11 22
X. victorianus 60 68 10 10 50 57 3 14
muelleri group
X. borealis 57 75 16 20 40 48 7 8
X. clivii 62 78 13 24 50 59 7 25
X. fischbergi 56 63 8 6 51 52 2 2
X. muelleri 73 81 6 19 57 61 3 13
X. largeni 45 54 5 9 41 44 1 13

Data include average SVL for females and males (aveF, aveM, respectively), the maximum SVLs (maxF, maxM, respectively), standard deviations (stdevF and stdevM, respectively), and the number of individuals measured (#F, #M). Data from X. vestitus are from Tinsley (1973). Dashes indicate missing data for listed species; data are entirely missing for X. petersii.

* sex of maximum-sized individual was ambiguous but listed in male column.