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Table 5.14 Dim ensions (m eans in pm) of ranid sperm atozoa. Species Headlength Midpiecelength Taillength Totallength Author Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis 17 ?t 54 71 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Euphlyctis hexadactylus 13 V 36 49 Kuramoto and Joshy 2001Hoplobatrachus rugulosus 14 ?t 35 48 Kuramoto 1998Hoplobatrachus tigerinus 15 ?t 47 62 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Indirana beddomii 38 ?t 79 117 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Indirana semipalmata 31 ?t 85 116 Kuramoto and Joshy 2001Limnonectes greenii 18 ?t 34 51 Kuramoto and Joshy 2001Limnonectes ingeri 16 2 45 63 Scheltinga 2002Limnonectes aft. keralensis 17 ?t 35 52 Kuramoto and Joshy 2001Limnonectes keralensis 17 V 40 57 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Limnonectes limnocharis 14 3.8 38-46 51-57 Kuramoto 1998; Kuramoto

and Joshy 2000; Scheltinga 2002Limnonectes namiyei 16 ?t 40 55 Kuramoto 1998Limnonectes rufescens 14 ?t 39 53 Kuramoto and Joshy 2001Limnonectes syhadrensis 18 ?t 37 55 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Meristogenys kinabaluensis 16 2 27 45 Scheltinga 2002Meristogenys orphnocnemis 14 1.9 29 45 Scheltinga 2002Nyctibatrachus major 24 ?t 40 64 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Platymantis pelewensis 38 ?t 57 95 Kuramoto 1998Phrynobatrachus natalensis 15 1.9 30 46 Scheltinga 2002Ptychadena mascareniensis 11 1.4 - - Scheltinga 2002Rana amamiensis 32 ?t 39 71 Kuramoto 1998Rana catesbeiana 12 ?t 30 42 Kuramoto 1998Rana daemeli 15 1.9 24 41 Scheltinga 2002Rana dalmatina 40 7 50 90 Pugin-Rios 1980Rana dybowskii 14 ?t 36 50 Kuramoto 1998Rana esculenta 12-14 1.2-1.4 25 38-40 Pugin-Rios 1980Rana fuscigula 12 2.4 35-45 49-59 Wilson etal. 1995Rana grayii 16 ? 37+ 53+ Wilson etal. 1995Rana grisea 19 1.9 32 53 Scheltinga 2002Rana ishikawae 84 ?t 56 139 Kuramoto 1998Rana japonica 17 ?t 35 52 Kuramoto 1998Rana latouchii 15 ?t 40 55 Kuramoto 1998Rana malabarica 17 ?t 28 45 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Rana narina 26 ?t 40 67 Kuramoto 1998Rana nigromaculata 12-15 ?t 28-38 40-52 Kuramoto 1998Rana okinavana 16 ?t 35 51 Kuramoto 1998Rana ornativentris 19 ?t 40 59 Kuramoto 1998Rana pretiosa 26 2.5 37 63 Scheltinga 2002Rana rugosa 14 ?t 41 55 Kuramoto 1998Rana supranarina 24 ?t 41 65 Kuramoto 1998Rana supragrisea 19 1.8 32 52 Scheltinga 2002Rana tagoi 18 ?t 31 49 Kuramoto 1998Rana temporalis 20 ?t 45 66 Kuramoto and Joshy 2000Rana temporaria 39 18 48 105 Pugin-Rios 1980Rana tsushimensis 15 ?t 25 40 Kuramoto 1998Tomopterna delalandii 16 ? 20-30 36-46 Wilson etal. 1995

tMidpiece length appears to be included within the head measurement.