Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 4

The effect of climate variables on snout-vent length (SVL). Results of multiple regression with SVL as a dependent variable and climatic factors as predictors.

		Effect of temperature			Effect of precipitation
		𝛽  ± SE	𝑡	𝑃	𝛽  ± SE	𝑡	𝑃
Phoenicolacerta laevis	♂♂	−0.21±0.21	−0.98	0.328	−0.18±0.21	−0.85	0.399
	♀♀	−0.615±0.17	−3.51	0.0009	−0.09±0.17	−0.54	0.588
Ophisops elegans	♂♂	−0.27±0.11	−2.51	0.013	0.26±0.11	2.38	0.019
	♀♀	−0.32±0.12	−2.66	0.009	0.25±0.12	2.08	0.041
Acanthodactylus boskianus	♂♂	−0.03±0.09	−0.34	0.727	0.136±0.09	1.37	0.207
	♀♀	−0.13±0.11	−1.15	0.251	0.21±0.11	−1.77	0.079
Mesalina guttulata	♂♂	−0.03±0.09	−0.41	0.68	0.21±0.09	2.36	0.019
	♀♀	−0.14±0.09	−1.51	0.134	0.33±0.09	3.39	0.001