DODD: ECOLOGY OF SANDHILLS POPULATION OF GASTROPHRYNE CAROLNENSIS


Table 6. Descriptive statistics for snout-urostyle length showing number, range, mean, and standard
deviation (in mm) of unmarked Gastrophryne carolinensis caught at Breezeway Pond, Putnam County,
Florida, 1986-1990.



Year Males Females Juveniles Unknowns


1986
 N
 Range
 Mean
 S.D.
1987
 N
 Range
 Mean
 S.D.
1988
 N
 Range
 Mean
 S.D.
1989
 N
 Range
 Mean
 S.D.
1990
 N
 Range
 Mean
 S.D.


 137
(22-33)
27.8
1.52


 180
(22-34)
26.4
1.50


376
(24-31)
27.5
1.31


 219
(24-32)
28.1
 1.43


 55
(24-30)
27.1
 1.26


 89
(23-35)
28.8
2.36


 189
(21-34)
26.5
2.60


 239
(24-34)
29.1
0.38


 181
(24-35)
30.1
 1.99


 66
(25-33)
29.0
 1.68


 36
(14-19)
18.1
1.18


326
(20-33)
22.8
1.78


 5
(21-26)
22.8
1.92


 8
(11-14)
12.9
1.13


222
(11-24)
15.9
2.37


 Significant differences in SUL and weights occurred among years and
between sexes (Table 5), except for the year*sex interaction in weight. Differences
among mean adult SULs and weights were generally small (Tables 6, 7). Adult
males were shorter and weighed less than adult females in all years, although the
difference was slight in 1987. The largest mean SUL for both males and females