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.