Sexual Dimorphism in Juvenile Toad-headed Lizard (Phrynocephalus frontalis)
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College of Life Science and Technology Inner Mongolia Normal University,College of Life Science and Technology Inner Mongolia Normal University

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    A total of 118 juvenile Toad-headed Lizards (Phrynocephalus frontalis) were collected in September 2011 from Kubuqi desert (40°12′N,111°06′E), Inner Mongolia. We measured snout-vent length, head width, tail length and abdomen length to analyze their sexual dimorphism. by t-test and regression analysis. The male was significant larger than the female in snout-vent length (SVL) (t=3.702, df=116, P<0.001). The mean SVL of males was 36.3mm while the mean SVL of females was 34.0mm. The male had a bigger head (t=4.616, df=116, P=0.002) and longer tail (t=3.958, df=116, P<0.001), while the female had bigger abdomen (t=2.292, df=116, P=0.024). All the morphological traits measured were positively related to SVL.

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zhaoxue, bijunhuai. 2014. Sexual Dimorphism in Juvenile Toad-headed Lizard (Phrynocephalus frontalis). Chinese Journal of Zoology, 49(2): 274-279.

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  • Received:September 02,2013
  • Revised:March 05,2014
  • Adopted:January 27,2014
  • Online: March 28,2014
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