DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15143368
title: Table 5 in An investigation into the taxonomy of Abavorana luctuosa (Peters, 1871) (Anura, Ranidae) and the resurrection of Rana decorata Mocquard, 1890 from Borneo

description: Table 5. Summary statistics and ventral colour pattern among members of the genus Abavorana. Summary statistics and ventral colour pattern for Abavorana decorata, A. nazgul, and A. luctuosa populations from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, SD = standard deviation, N = sample size, / = no data. Humeral gland only present in males and all measurements in mm.
A. decorataA. nazgulA. luctuosa Malay PeninsulaA. luctuosa BorneoSexMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleN267110112211Snout-vent length (SVL)mean (± SD)51.11 (± 6.92)48.73 (± 13.32)42.77 (± 1.22)52.5140.74 (± 2.54)47.38 (± 2.36)38.15 (± 1.45)43.23 (± 2.51)range46.21-56.0029.66-58.4241.51-44.10/37.20-44.2743.89-51.0635.05-40.5537.05-45.20Head length (HL)mean (± SD)19.10 (± 0.06)18.95 (± 4.85)16.61 (± 0.25)19.6515.64 (± 0.81)17.72 (± 1.39)15.25 (± 0.78)16.88 (± 0.92)range19.05-19.1412.23-23.7116.36-17.14/14.45-16.6915.20-19.5913.53-16.7814.84-17.72Head width (HW)mean (± SD)18.60 (± 1.32)17.18 (± 4.68)15.16 (± 0.46)18.5714.24 (± 0.66)15.77 (± 1.01)13.39 (± 0.52)14.69 (± 0.83)range17.66-19.5310.62-21.0714.63-15.83/13.35-15.5813.83-16.8412.25-14.4112.71-15.74Snout length (SL)mean (± SD)7.99 (± 0.33)7.73 (± 1.85)7.31 (± 0.20)8.696.88 (± 0.43)7.82 (± 0.56)6.55 (± 0.34)7.17 (± 0.33)range7.76-8.224.69-9.467.10-7.57/6.20-7.566.48-8.305.66-7.036.61-7.86Snout width (SW)mean (± SD)10.31 (± 0.57)9.54 (± 2.28)8.26 (± 0.30)9.598.08 (± 0.44)8.84 (± 0.40)7.73 (± 0.23)8.33 (± 0.51)range9.91-10.716.25-11.687.98-8.70/7.11-8.628.21-9.387.33-8.227.65-9.02Inter orbital distance (IOD)mean (± SD)5.67 (± 0.40)5.63 (± 1.22)4.20 (± 0.23)4.944.35 (± 0.52)4.93 (± 0.54)4.24 (± 0.30)4.69 (± 0.37)range5.59-5.953.91-6.783.94-4.48/3.25-5.143.80-5.643.78-4.704.15-5.60Internarial distance (IND)mean (± SD)6.13 (± 0.05)5.76 (± 1.34)5.64 (± 0.13)6.615.33 (± 0.30)6.06 (± 0.38)5.16 (± 0.24)5.50 (± 0.42)range6.09-6.163.68-6.775.45-5.80/4.93-5.885.42-6.724.66-5.584.75-5.99Eye diameter (ED)mean (± SD)5.75 (± 0.26)5.31 (± 1.10)4.17 (± 0.24)4.804.25 (± 0.26)4.87 (± 0.29)4.18 (± 0.26)4.69 (± 0.29)range5.56-5.933.94-6.583.86-4.56/3.80-4.704.38-5.213.65-4.594.08-5.22Tympanum diameter (TD)mean (± SD)4.57 (± 0.04)4.30 (± 1.43)3.72 (± 0.19)4.103.30 (± 0.31)3.87 (± 0.27)3.16 (± 0.29)3.44 (± 0.25)range4.54-4.602.27-5.633.52-4.01/2.62-3.663.24-4.242.50-3.832.95-3.77Brachium length (BL)mean (± SD)9.29 (± 1.10)8.81 (± 1.60)8.61 (± 0.26)12.027.99 (± 0.59)8.58 (± 0.92)8.14 (± 1.04)9.12 (± 1.03)range8.51-10.066.81-10.358.32-8.98/7.08-8.856.69-9.915.78-9.567.38-10.29Forearm length (FAL)mean (± SD)10.98 (± 0.29)10.36 (± 3.36)8.07 (± 0.29)10.178.09 (± 0.40)9.70 (± 0.84)7.72 (± 0.47)8.99 (± 0.64)range10.77-11.185.79-13.947.54-8.39/7.55-8.818.87-11.397.13-8.928.23-9.92Manus length (ML)mean (± SD)13.60 (± 1.98)12.43 (± 2.86)11.03 (± 0.35)13.4110.32 (± 0.48)11.93 (± 1.04)9.67 (± 0.72)10.78 (± 0.71)range12.20-15.008.36-14.9510.37-11.53/9.65-11.1310.01-13.728.69-11.09.22-11.78Femur length (FL)mean (± SD)25.84 (± 0.37)25.29 (± 6.53)22.70 (± 0.42)27.8020.27 (± 1.26)23.83 (± 1.51)19.72 (± 1.08)21.73 (± 1.32)range25.58-26.1017.19-31.3422.2-23.22/18.38-22.0421.55-26.3717.81-21.5719.13-23.68Crus length (CL)mean (± SD)27.04 (± 3.25)26.71 (± 7.19)23.60 (± 0.42)28.7721.98 (± 0.99)25.94 (± 1.41)20.88 (± 0.70)23.20 (± 1.58)range24.74-29.3317.28-32.5022.83-41.01/20.75-23.7323.88-28.7519.50-22.0619.83-25.02Tarsal length (TL)mean (± SD)14.06 (± 1.31)12.99 (± 3.34)11.28 (± 0.40)14.4211.12 (± 0.78)13.18 (± 0.90)10.84 (± 0.50)12.35 (± 0.76)range13.13-14.988.52-16.0010.70-11.84/10.00-12.3512.25-14.569.86-11.7511.21-13.48Pes length (PL)mean (± SD)25.72 (± 3.22)24.87 (± 7.13)23.31 (± 0.79)28.8421.35 (± 1.09)25.20 (± 1.75)20.28 (± 0.88)22.62 (± 0.90)range23.44-28.0014.72-31.4922.10-24.46/19.62-23.1122.52-27.8618.40-21.8221.16-23.73Humeral gland (HG)mean (± SD)3.57 (± 0.45)/2.58 (± 0.21)/3.39 (± 0.54)/3.26 (± 0.66)/range3.25-3.89/2.40-2.98/2.58-4.41/2.18-4.16/Pattern of venterBelly usually mottled with black and white reticulations along the flanks; limbs with bold black and white bands or reticulationsSpottedImmaculate to very faint, sparse specklingImmaculate to very faint, sparse speckling
description: Published as part of Quah, Evan S. H., Grismer, L. Lee, Wood Jr., Perry L., Lim, Kelvin K. P., Imbun, Paul Y. & Anuar, M. S. Shahrul, 2021, An investigation into the taxonomy of Abavorana luctuosa (Peters, 1871) (Anura, Ranidae) and the resurrection of Rana decorata Mocquard, 1890 from Borneo, pp. 75 in Vertebrate Zoology 71 on page 75, DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e60921