Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: BSh, BWh, Cwb, Cwb migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TPa food: bjO, jiCi class:
MRE = 0.085 habitat: 0jFp, jiTs, jiTa, jiTd gender: D order:
SMSE = 0.013 embryo: Fnm reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 3 3.296 (0.09857) d age at birth guess
tj 21 10.37 (0.506) d time since birth at metam ADW
tp 40 48.52 (0.2129) d time since metam at puberty HayeLich1992
am 1.642e+04 1.664e+04 (0.01316) d life span AnAge
Lb 0.3 0.3019 (0.006319) cm total length at birth guess
Lj 1.4 1.401 (0.0005971) cm body length at metam HayeLich1992
Lp 5.3 5.436 (0.02561) cm body length at puberty HayeLich1992
Li 19.2 18.09 (0.05788) cm ultimate body length for females HayeLich1992
Lim 24.5 20.85 (0.1492) cm ultimate body length for males Wiki
Wwb 0.01 0.009357 (0.06434) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwj 6.5 0.4564 (0.9298) g wet weight at metam HayeLich1992
Wwp 30 26.66 (0.1112) g wet weight at puberty HayeLich1992
Wwi 838 982.6 (0.1726) g ultimate wet weight for females Wiki
Wwim 1400 1702 (0.2157) g ultimate wet weight for males Wiki
Ri 10.96 10.81 (0.01348) #/d maximum reprod rate Wiki

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL_f Data for females, males time since metam body length (0.2294) HayeLich1992
tL_m Data for females, males time since metam body length (0.152) HayeLich1992
tW_f time since metam wet weight (0.06276) HayeLich1992
tW_m time since metam wet weight (0.08859) HayeLich1992

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Pyxicephalus adspersus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.06514 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.9936 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 523 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.7994 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Frogs are assumed to differ from tadpoles by del_M only
  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only

Facts

  • Male takes care of tadpoles (Ref: EoL)

Bibliography

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