Abstract:We studied morphological traits of Psammobates oculifer over its range to evaluate patterns in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and geographic variation. Females were larger than males for 40 of the 44 characters measured and the growth trajectories of female parameters, scaled to body size (ANCOVA and MANCOVA on carapace length), most often followed juvenile patterns. For males, either the slopes or elevations of morphometric parameters were lower than in females. These divergent growth trajectories resulted in s… Show more
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