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. 2019 Feb 19;7:e6408. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6408

Table 3. Analysis of sexual shape dimorphism in Pachyhynobius shangchengensis.

Results of ANCOVA comparing 14 traits of sexes relatively to snout-vent lentgth (SVL).

Characters F P Sex bias
Head length 15.351 <0.001 M
Head width 33.297 <0.001 M
Tail length 29.143 <0.001 M
Tail height 0.652 0.421 n.s
Tail width 8.199 0.005 M
Eye diameter 0.133 0.716 n.s
Internarial space 1.359 0.246 n.s
Intercanthal space 12.793 0.001 M
Length of forelimb 26.299 <0.001 M
Length of hindlimb 10.784 0.001 M
Distance between limbs 16.333 <0.001 F
Cloaca length 0127 0.723 n.s
Forelimb width 18.030 <0.001 M
Hindlimb width 8.519 0.004 M

Notes.

M
male bias
F
female bias
n.s
no sex bias