Table 2.
Comparison of character metric of the three potentially allopatric species of Bronchocela in Myanmar, Thailand, and northern Peninsular Malaysia. Character abbreviations are defined in the Material and Methods section of the text. Numerical values are mean and range within parentheses.
| Characters | Bronchocela burmana1 | Bronchocela rayaensis2 | Bronchocela cristatella3 |
| Snout–vent length, SVL (mm) | ♀ 80.8 (79–84 n=5) ♂ 88.2 (84–93 n=3) |
♀ 83.1–85.4 n=2 ♂ 82.0 n=1 |
♀ to 111 ♂ 111–119 |
| HeadW/HeadL (%) | 54 (44–62) | 57 (56–59) | 76–94 |
| HeadH/HeadL (%) | 47 (45–50) | 50 (45–56) | 48–57 |
| TympD/OrbD (%) | 48 (40–54) | 44 (38–49) | 44–60 |
| ForelL/SVL (%) | 54 (50–58) | 57 (53–59) | 50–63 |
| HindlL/SVL (%) | 92 (86–97) | 92 (87–99) | 81–104 |
| Nuchal crest height | low | low | high |
| Nuchal crest scales | 8 (6–9) | 10 (8–13) | 8–11 |
| Crest on trunk | No | No | Yes |
| Upper trunk scale row orientation: Dorsal1 | 7 (6–8) | 6 (5–8) | 6–8 |
| Dorsal2 | 17 (15–21) | Not reported | 17–23 |
| 4HindfLm | 33 (31–38) | 33 (male only) | 27–34 |
| Midbody | 59 (55–67) | 71 (67–74) | 71–99 |
| NucCrsS | 8 (6–9) | 10 (8–13) | 8–10 |