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Table 2 Morphology, bite force, and the index of relative importance (IRI) of each dietary item found in the three habitat groups

From: The relationship between bite force, morphology, and diet in southern African agamids

 

Ground

Rock

Arboreal

Females

Males

Juveniles

Females

Males

Juveniles

Females

Males

Juveniles

Morphology

 N

6

8

7

26

34

27

19

9

11

 SVL (mm)

87.13 (9.85)

85.00 (11.17)

32.82 (4.16)

79.99 (5.85)

86.17 (10.84)

42.85 (10.56)

114.09 (8.89)

126.67 (7.93)

63.16 (24.71)

 Head length (mm)

20.24 (2.32)

19.77 (1.62)

10.05 (1.01)

19.46 (1.64)

20.98 (3.30)

11.90 (2.21)

26.17 (1.79)

29.26 (2.03)

16.12 (4.41)

 Head width (mm)

17.70 (1.05)

17.87 (1.41)

9.07 (1.01)

16.19 (1.85)

17.41 (2.26)

10.65 (1.85)

21.93 (1.19)

25.71 (1.40)

13.90 (4.30)

 Head height (mm)

11.65 (0.76)

11.38 (1.39)

6.07 (0.61)

9.82 (1.38)

10.26 (1.52)

6.80 (0.84)

15.52 (0.86)

18.34 (1.65)

9.56 (2.67)

 Lower jaw length (mm)

22.43 (2.79)

22.05 (4.23)

8.61 (0.99)

19.74 (1.99)

21.89 (3.50)

11.29 (3.41)

24.47 (1.73)

28.13 (2.05)

15.06 (4.28)

 Jaw out-lever (mm)

19.38 (1.90)

19.25 (2.78)

8.09 (0.94)

17.60 (1.31)

19.35 (2.79)

10.08 (2.58)

22.67 (1.34)

26.27 (2.10)

13.68 (4.51)

 Snout Length (mm)

14.92 (2.57)

14.40 (3.76)

5.09 (0.73)

13.74 (2.29)

15.53 (2.69)

6.97 (2.76)

13.13 (1.01)

14.69 (1.37)

7.98 (2.07)

 In-lever for jaw opening (mm)

3.06 (1.20)

2.80 (1.51)

0.53 (0.25)

2.14 (1.31)

2.54 (1.52)

1.21 (1.02)

1.79 (0.73)

1.86 (0.46)

1.38 (0.85)

 In lever for jaw closing (mm)

4.46 (1.15)

4.85 (1.60)

3.00 (0.51)

3.86 (1.92)

3.82 (1.33)

3.11 (0.50)

9.54 (1.31)

11.58 (1.57)

5.71 (2.51)

Performance

 Bite force (N)

16.11 (3.77)

16.08 (6.25)

1.20 (0.83)

17.77 (8.08)

23.05 (10.19)

4.28 (5.03)

33.83 (7.65)

79.42 (17.09)

10.66 (10.86)

Diet (IRI)

 N

 

2

6

10

9

19

10

5

6

 Ant

 

92.51 (47.48)

154.77 (27.89)

57.98 (49.97)

69.47 (21.92)

92.59 (29.79)

39.13 (40.07)

55.46 (18.07)

103.33 (32.58)

 Hymenoptera

 

0.12 (0.089)

0.013 (0.032)

2.35 (7.28)

1.25 (1.28)

0.26 (0.34)

0.25 (0.45)

0.33 (0.74)

0.23 (0.25)

 Coleoptera

 

2.82 (1.47)

0.21 (0.47)

7.61 (14.10)

1.76 (1.38)

1.18 (1.61)

0.42 (1.24)

0.46 (1.02)

0.17 (0.11)

 Hemiptera

  

0.037 (0.090)

1.58 (4.85)

0.049 (0.094)

0.077 (0.12)

  

0.0018 (0.0044)

 Diptera

  

0.020 (0.050)

0.036 (0.10)

0.030 (0.049)

0.016 (0.036)

  

0.0044 (0.0087)

 Diplopoda

   

0.0014 (0.0035)

0.041 (0.12)

0.013 (0.033)

   

 Lepidoptera (larvae)

   

0.77 (2.43)

0.0047 (0.014)

0.0002 (0.0009)

  

0.0087 (0.021)

 Orthoptera

   

0.03 (0.10)

0.0019 (0.0057)

   

0.026 (0.065)

 Snail

        

0.0005 (0.012)

 Ephemoptera

        

0.0005 (0.0013)

 Isoptera

   

1.70 (5.37)

     

 Isopoda

     

0.0002 (0.001)

   
  1. N = sample size. IRI values were multiplied by 100 to facilitate the reading of the table