Sexual Size Dimorphism in Hyla savignyi Audouin, 1827 (Anura: Hylidae) from Kermanshah Province, Western Iran

We investigated sexual size dimorphism in the tree frog, Hyla savignyi using 33 males and 22 females from the western and northwestern regions of Kermanshah Province, western Iran. Out of sixteen measured morphometric characters, four were significantly larger in females than in males. These charact...

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Published in:Iranian journal of animal biosystematics 2015-10, Vol.11 (1), p.17-22
Main Authors: Nasrullah Rastegar Pouyani, A. Fattahi, R. Karamiani, M. Takesh
Format: Article
Language:English
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hyla savignyi
kermanshah province
sexual size dimorphism
western iran
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Summary:We investigated sexual size dimorphism in the tree frog, Hyla savignyi using 33 males and 22 females from the western and northwestern regions of Kermanshah Province, western Iran. Out of sixteen measured morphometric characters, four were significantly larger in females than in males. These characters were nostrileye length, brachium length, elbowlongest finger length and hind limb length.
ISSN:1735-434X
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DOI:10.22067/ijab.v11i1.36384