Appendix 1 Data matrix for maximal and mean snout-vent lengths (SVL), Lovich-Gibbons ratios (LG) and a list of the data sources in 90 species/subspecies of whiptails and 65 species of microteids.

Species/Subspecies / SVLmax ♂ (mm) / SVLmax ♀ (mm) / LGmax ratio / SVLmean ♂ (mm) / SVLmean ♀ (mm) / LGmean ratio / n / References
Alexandresaurus camacan / 70 / 66 / -0.06 / 1
Alopoglossus angulatus / 60 / 61.6 / 0.03 / 62 / 2
Alopoglossus atriventris / 55 / 52 / -0.06 / 80 / 2
Alopoglossus buckleyi / 62.3 / 51 / -0.22 / 32 / 2
Alopoglossus copii / 66.6 / 80 / 0.20 / 17 / 2
Alopoglossus festae / 60 / 64.5 / 0.08 / 44 / 2
Anadia hobarti / 86.8 / 83 / -0.05 / 75.7 / 75.5 / 0.00 / 9 / 3
Anadia steyeri / 76 / 82 / 0.08 / 71.9 / 70.3 / -0.02 / 6 / 4
Anotosaura collaris / 41 / 44 / 0.07 / 39.4 / 41.3 / 0.05 / 12 / 5
Arthrosaura kockii / 54 / 53 / -0.02 / 39.6 / 38.4 / -0.03 / 54 / 6
Arthrosaura synaptolepis / 51 / 46.1 / -0.11 / 2 / 7
Arthrosaura versteegii / 71 / 68 / -0.04 / 47.2 / 35.9 / -0.31 / 12 / 6
Bachia bicolor / 69.6 / 71.39 / 0.03 / 62.4 / 60.2 / -0.04 / 17 / 8
Bachia flavescens / 73 / 80 / 0.10 / 60.1 / 66.9 / 0.11 / 22 / 6
Cercosaura argulus / 47 / 50 / 0.06 / 35.3 / 35.4 / 0.00 / 53 / 9
Cercosaura ocellata / 57 / 47 / -0.21 / 48.7 / 48.1 / -0.01 / 15 / 6
Cercosaura phelpsorum / 50 / 55 / 0.10 / 3 / 10
Cercosaura schreibersii / 40.7 / 43.5 / 0.07 / 33.1 / 38.0 / 0.15 / 100 / 11
Dryadosaura nordestina / 57 / 52 / -0.10 / 12
Ecpleopus gaudichaudii / 42.4 / 43.2 / 0.02 / 35.3 / 38.7 / 0.10 / 25 / 13
Echinosaura brachycephala / 72 / 78 / 0.08 / 25 / 14
Echinosaura horrida / 86 / 80 / -0.08 / 27 / 14
Echinosaura orcesi / 70 / 81 / 0.16 / 4 / 14, 15
Echinosaura palmeri / 70 / 67 / -0.04 / 11 / 14
Echinosaura panamensis / 71 / 74 / 0.04 / 10 / 14
Euspondylus acutirostris / 49 / 53.5 / 0.09 / 44.6 / 48.2 / 0.08 / 12 / 16
Euspondylus nellycarrilae / 59 / 60 / 0.02 / 20 / 17
Euspondylus oreades / 61 / 58 / -0.05 / 12 / 18
Iphisa elegans / 59 / 52 / -0.13 / 50.8 / 52.8 / 0.04 / 14 / 6
Leposoma baturitensis / 35 / 32 / -0.09 / 19
Leposoma guianense / 37 / 39 / 0.05 / 29.6 / 30.0 / 0.01 / 56 / 6
Leposoma hexalepis / 41.11 / 38.33 / -0.07 / 33.7 / 35.7 / 0.06 / 15 / 20
Leposoma nanodactylus / 34 / 32.3 / -0.05 / 7 / 5
Leposoma sinepollex / 29 / 34.4 / 0.19 / 28.2 / 30.5 / 0.08 / 10 / 5
Micrablepharus atticolus / 38 / 43 / 0.13 / 21
Micrablepharus maximiliani / 37.1 / 38.4 / 0.03 / 22
Neusticurus bicarinatus / 117 / 96 / -0.22 / 88.6 / 66.9 / -0.32 / 58 / 6, 23
Neusticurus medemi / 121 / 107 / -0.13 / 24
Neusticurus racenisi / 104 / 105 / 0.01 / 23, 25
Neusticurus rudis / 94 / 89 / -0.06 / 61.7 / 53.7 / -0.15 / 13 / 6, 24
Neusticurus tatei / 72 / 84 / 0.17 / 24
Petracola labioocularis / 57 / 65 / 0.14 / 11 / 17
Potamites cochranae / 70 / 79 / 0.13 / 24
Potamites ecpleopus / 84 / 71 / -0.18 / 62.7 / 58.8 / -0.07 / 14 / 26
Potamites erythrocularis / 83.65 / 70.86 / -0.18 / 74.8 / 66.8 / -0.12 / 15 / 27
Potamites flavogularis / 65 / 75 / 0.15 / 8 / 28
Potamites juruazensis / 50 / 58 / 0.16 / 46.3 / 53.5 / 0.16 / 26 / 26
Potamites montanicola / 68.6 / 56.1 / -0.22 / 10 / 29
Potamites strangulatus / 87 / 76 / -0.14 / 24
Proctoporus bolivianus / 56.8 / 64.1 / 0.13 / 30, 31
Proctoporus guentheri / 44.5 / 43.1 / -0.03 / 31
Proctoporus chasqui / 74 / 72.7 / -0.02 / 24 / 32
Proctoporus iridescens / 58.9 / 63.6 / 0.08 / 56.8 / 55.7 / -0.02 / 14 / 33
Proctoporus kiziriani / 59.3 / 59.1 / 0.00 / 50.9 / 52.1 / 0.02 / 15 / 33
Proctoporus sucullucu / 45 / 47.7 / 0.06 / 31
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis / 51.3 / 56.4 / 0.10 / 50 / 34
Riama afrania / 84.6 / 75.4 / -0.12 / 11 / 35
Riama crypta / 69 / 68 / -0.01 / 38 / 36
Riama orcesi / 63 / 60 / -0.05 / 37
Riama rhodogaster / 47.3 / 45.7 / -0.04 / 3 / 38
Riama stellae / 50.1 / 50 / 0.00 / 5 / 36
Teuchocercus keyi / 80 / 64 / -0.25 / 13 / 14
Tretioscincus agilis / 59 / 62 / 0.05 / 48.0 / 53.2 / 0.11 / 22 / 6
Vanzosaura multiscutata / 37.6 / 38 / 0.01 / 408 / 39
Vanzosaura rubricauda / 36 / 41.5 / 0.15 / 244 / 39
Vanzosaura savanicola / 34.5 / 35.6 / 0.03 / 194 / 39
Ameiva aggerecusans / 99.3 / 71.2 / -0.39 / 16 / 40
Ameiva ameiva / 197 / 160 / -0.23 / 139.4 / 126.9 / -0.10 / 393 / 23, 41-45
Ameiva atrigularis / 152 / 142 / -0.07 / 32 / 46
Ameiva concolor / 128 / 85.8 / -0.49 / 10 / 40
Ameiva erythrocephala / 133 / 97 / -0.37 / 103.1 / 74.7 / -0.38 / 18 / 48
Ameiva exsul / 155 / 125 / -0.24 / 94.6 / 88.3 / -0.07 / 179 / 49-51
Ameiva chrysolaema / 160 / 131 / -0.22 / 105.9 / 94.2 / -0.12 / 226 / 52-54
Ameiva leberi / 129 / 119 / -0.08 / 20 / 55
Ameiva nodam / 101 / 78 / -0.29 / 28 / 40
Ameiva pantherina / 152 / 138 / -0.10 / 32 / 46
Ameiva parecis / 90 / 89 / -0.01 / 56
Ameiva plei / 181 / 131 / -0.38 / 117.9 / 86.3 / -0.37 / 159 / 57
Ameiva praesignis / 243 / 167 / -0.46 / 63 / 46
Ameivula pyrrhogularis / 89 / 77.5 / -0.15 / 60
Ameiva taeniura / 102 / 103 / 0.01 / 25 / 58
Ameiva wetmorei / 52.4 / 49.9 / -0.05 / 47.3 / 45.7 / -0.04 / 90 / 50
Ameivula abaetensis / 71.7 / 69 / -0.04 / 52.3 / 51.8 / -0.01 / 33 / 59
Ameivula confusionibus / 76.5 / 70.1 / -0.09 / 60
Ameivula jalapensis / 50.1 / 48.5 / -0.03 / 51 / 61
Ameivula littoralis / 81.8 / 74.8 / -0.09 / 65.5 / 62.9 / -0.04 / 71 / 59, 62, 63
Ameivula mumbuca / 59 / 57 / -0.04 / 60
Ameivula ocellifera / 118 / 84 / -0.40 / 67.6 / 64.1 / -0.05 / 571 / 44, 56, 59, 64- 67
Aspidoscelis angusticeps / 106.6 / 90.3 / -0.18 / 366 / 68
Aspidoscelis calidipes / 79 / 65 / -0.22 / 66.6 / 59.4 / -0.12 / 50 / 69
Aspidoscelis ceralbensis / 93 / 82 / -0.13 / 73.4 / 62.8 / -0.17 / 141 / 70, 71
Aspidoscelis communis / 152 / 128 / -0.19 / 63.5 / 53.8 / -0.18 / 191 / 72, 73
Aspidoscelis costata costatus / 130 / 110 / -0.18 / 101.8 / 89.5 / -0.14 / 158 / 74
Aspidoscelis deppei deppei / 93 / 87 / -0.07 / 76.3 / 66.3 / -0.15 / 78 / 75-77
Aspidoscelis deppei infernalis / 84 / 75 / -0.12 / 252 / 76
Aspidoscelis gularis / 114.7 / 95.8 / -0.20 / 76.4 / 73.4 / -0.04 / 377 / 77-80
Aspidoscelis gularis colossus / 114 / 84 / -0.36 / 75.6 / 68.9 / -0.10 / 100 / 81
Aspidoscelis guttata flavilineatus / 129 / 115 / -0.11 / 41 / 76
Aspidoscelis guttata guttata / 113 / 93 / -0.22 / 76.0 / 87.3 / 0.15 / 37 / 75, 76
Aspidoscelis guttata imutabilis / 145 / 115 / -0.26 / 30 / 76
Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi / 72.2 / 70.3 / -0.03 / 61.4 / 59.7 / -0.03 / 213 / 82
Aspidoscelis hyperythra hyperythrus / 62.3 / 58.0 / -0.07 / 120 / 83
Aspidoscelis inornata / 85 / 78 / -0.09 / 58.5 / 58.1 / -0.01 / 522 / 69, 80, 84
Aspidoscelis inornata heptagramma / 65.2 / 67.2 / 0.03 / 63 / 85
Aspidoscelis labialis / 59 / 61 / 0.03 / 54.0 / 53.0 / -0.02 / 72 / 69, 86
Aspidoscelis lineattissima / 112 / 100 / -0.12 / 82.4 / 80.9 / -0.02 / 377 / 76, 87-89
Aspidoscelis lineattissima duodecemlineatus / 92 / 72 / -0.28 / 69 / 76
Aspidoscelis lineattissima exoristus / 98 / 82 / -0.20 / 57 / 76
Aspidoscelis lineattissima lividis / 106 / 89 / -0.19 / 54 / 76
Aspidoscelis marmorata / 107 / 97 / -0.10 / 83.7 / 80.9 / -0.03 / 81 / 90, 91
Aspidoscelis maxima / 114 / 120 / 0.05 / 92
Aspidoscelis pai / 71 / 72 / 0.01 / 93
Aspidoscelis parvisocia / 79 / 69 / -0.14 / 64.2 / 59.1 / -0.09 / 406 / 69, 94
Aspidoscelis sackii / 153 / 125 / -0.22 / 127.2 / 111.9 / -0.14 / 85 / 69
Aspidoscelis sackii gigas / 140 / 124 / -0.13 / 56 / 95
Aspidoscelis sexlineata / 55.9 / 53.1 / -0.05 / 69 / 96, 97
Aspidoscelis sexlineata stephensae / 64 / 66 / 0.03 / 30 / 98
Aspidoscelis tigris / 99 / 85 / -0.16 / 82.2 / 79.8 / -0.03 / 1271 / 44, 71, 80, 92, 99-102
Aspidoscelis tigris aethiops / 92 / 87 / -0.06 / 92
Aspidoscelis tigris dickersonae / 100 / 88 / -0.14 / 23 / 69, 92
Aspidoscelis tigris multiscutatus / 90 / 91 / 0.01 / 84.4 / 85.2 / 0.01 / 51 / 69
Aspidoscelis tigris punctatus / 93 / 88 / -0.06 / 92
Aspidoscelis tigris punctilinealis / 95 / 88 / -0.08 / 84.6 / 75.5 / -0.12 / 92, 102
Aspidoscelis tigris vividus / 92 / 91 / -0.01 / 90.0 / 89.0 / -0.01 / 6 / 103
Callopistes maculatus / 173.0 / 148.0 / -0.17 / 4 / 104
Cnemidophorus arenivagus / 85 / 77 / -0.10 / 68.4 / 61.8 / -0.11 / 73 / 105
Cnemidophorus arubensis / 127 / 104 / -0.22 / 86.8 / 79.1 / -0.10 / 35 / 106-108
Cnemidophorus duellmani / 92.2 / 74.9 / -0.23 / 81.4 / 70.2 / -0.16 / 8 / 109
Cnemidophorus flavissimus / 74 / 62 / -0.19 / 55.2 / 52.8 / -0.05 / 9 / 107, 110
Cnemidophorus gramivagus / 69 / 76 / 0.10 / 96.7 / 79.7 / -0.21 / 40 / 65, 111
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus / 93 / 78 / -0.19 / 68.2 / 59.4 / -0.15 / 363 / 45, 105, 107, 110, 112 - 114
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus splendidus / 80 / 65 / -0.23 / 71.2 / 61.2 / -0.16 / 94 / 105
Cnemidophorus leucopsammus / 92 / 77 / -0.19 / 3 / 107
Cnemidophorus murinus / 159 / 128 / -0.24 / 107.6 / 94.0 / -0.14 / 119 / 106, 107, 116
Cnemidophorus nigricolor / 101 / 78 / -0.29 / 32 / 107
Cnemidophorus rostralis / 79 / 68.5 / -0.15 / 11 / 107
Cnemidophorus ruatanus / 113.4 / 75.7 / -0.50 / 79.6 / 67.0 / -0.19 / 21 / 109
Cnemidophorus ruthveni / 151 / 116 / -0.30 / 16 / 107, 117
Cnemidophorus senectus / 81 / 64.1 / -0.26 / 63.6 / 52.3 / -0.22 / 31 / 107, 110
Cnemidophorus vanzoi / 120.5 / 98 / -0.23 / 105.3 / 87.8 / -0.20 / 70 / 118
Contomastix lacertoides / 68.6 / 76.9 / 0.12 / 55.7 / 67.3 / 0.21 / 131 / 119 - 122
Contomastix vacariensis / 72.9 / 81.8 / 0.12 / 62.2 / 69.5 / 0.12 / 192 / 11
Crocodilurus amazonicus / 248 / 250 / 0.01 / 187.5 / 190.8 / 0.02 / 84 / 123
Dicrodon guttulatum / 140 / 100 / -0.40 / 124
Dracaena guianensis / 355 / 278 / -0.28 / 328.8 / 278.0 / -0.18 / 10 / 123
Dracaena paraguayensis / 178 / 195 / 0.10 / 170.0 / 172.5 / 0.01 / 2 / 125
Holcosus anomalus / 109 / 110 / 0.01 / 45 / 126
Holcosus festivus / 124 / 115 / -0.08 / 71.6 / 73.9 / 0.03 / 296 / 127 - 129
Holcosus chaitzami / 85 / 75 / -0.13 / 131
Holcosus leptophrys / 133 / 129 / -0.03 / 212 / 129, 131
Holcosus niceforoi / 82 / 75 / -0.09 / 8 / 131
Holcosus quadrilineatus / 77 / 76 / -0.01 / 63.6 / 64.1 / 0.01 / 172 / 128, 129
Kentropyx altamazonica / 114 / 105 / -0.09 / 163 / 132
Kentropyx calcarata / 119 / 111 / -0.07 / 79.8 / 80.8 / 0.01 / 180 / 133
Kentropyx pelviceps / 130 / 122 / -0.07 / 106.0 / 104.0 / -0.02 / 42 / 134
Kentropyx striata / 127 / 107 / -0.19 / 89.0 / 83.1 / -0.07 / 151 / 45, 132
Kentropyx vanzoi / 65 / 54 / -0.20 / 47.5 / 46.4 / -0.02 / 53 / 132, 136
Salvator merianae / 501 / 437 / -0.15 / 385.0 / 351.1 / -0.10 / 26393 / 137 - 140
Salvator rufescens / 455.7 / 400.7 / -0.14 / 6915 / 137, 141
Teius oculatus / 118.7 / 110.1 / -0.08 / 93.9 / 93.1 / -0.01 / 124 / 135, 142
Teius teyou / 110.8 / 103.1 / -0.07 / 144 / 130
Tupinambis teguixin / 345 / 314 / -0.10 / 322.3 / 312.2 / -0.03 / 76 / 44, 47, 58, 115

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