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Table S1. List of species and data sources used in this study
Species
Female
Male
References
Mean SVL (mm)
Maturation age (yr)
Mean age (yr)
Growth rate k
Mean SVL (mm)
Maturation age (yr)
Mean age (yr)
Growth rate k
Alytes cisternasii
38.6
2.0
3.2
35.5
1.0
2.4
Marquez et al. 1997
Alytes obstetricans
49.7
2.0
3.7
41.7
1.0
2.3
Marquez et al. 1997
Amolops mantzorum
68.3
3.0
4.8
54.1
2.0
4.2
Liao and Lu 2010a
Bombina bombina
36.8
2.0
3.4
0.95
36.6
2.0
3.4
1.02
Cogalniceanu and Miaud 2003
Boehmantis microtympanum
94.1
3.0
4.9
74.7
2.0
4.1
Guarino et al. 1998
Bufo achalensis
53.4
3.5
4.4
60.7
3.0
5.4
Sinsch et al. 2001
Bufo alvarius
125.0
2.0
4.0
117.8
2.0
3.7
Sullivan and Fernandez 1999
Bufo americanus
76.9
2.0
3.7
64.6
2.0
2.8
Acker et al. 1986; Kalb and Zug 1990
Bufo andrewsi
99.4
2.0
4.1
1.71
78.8
1.0
3.0
1.03
Liao 2009
Bufo bufo
81.1
3.9
6.2
1.25
64.6
3.0
5.2
0.83
Hemelaar and Van Gelder 1980; Gittins et al. 1982; Hemelaar 1983, 1988; Reading 1991; Frtey and Le Garff 1996; Schabetsberger et al. 2000; Cvetkovi et al. 2009
Bufo cognatus
60.7
2.0
4.0
58.8
2.0
4.2
Rogers and Harvey 1994; Sullivan and Fernandez 1999
Bufo gargarizans
102.2
2.0
3.5
0.41
90.1
2.0
2.9
0.21
Yu and Lu 2012
Bufo japonicus
134.2
2.7
5.2
125.8
2.4
4.5
Kusano et al. 2010
Bufo melanostictus
101.0
1.0
2.8
90.0
1.0
2.5
Andia et al. 2010a
Bufo pardalis
110.7
2.0
3.2
96.7
1.0
1.9
Cherry 1992; Cherry and Francillon-Vieillot 1992
Bufo pentoni
64.2
2.0
3.9
58.7
2.0
3.9
Francillon et al. 1984
Bufo punctatus
59.2
2.0
2.0
52.0
2.0
2.3
Sullivan and Fernandez 1999
Bufo stejnegeri
51.6
2.0
2.6
43.9
1.5
2.5
Lee and Park 2009
Bufo viridis
69.1
2.0
4.2
66.8
1.8
3.3
Sinsch et al. 2007
Bufo woodhousii
41.9
2.0
2.5
52.5
2.0
2.4
Kellner and Green 1995
Crinia signifera
26.5
3.0
5.0
1.04
21.2
2.0
3.5
0.66
Lauck 2005
Dyscophus antongilii
81.1
3.0
5.8
59.4
4.5
5.0
Tessa et al. 2007
Guibemantis bicalcaratus
23.1
1.0
1.0
20.7
1.0
1.0
Lehtinen 2009
Guibemantis punctatus
21.0
1.0
1.0
21.0
1.0
1.0
Lehtinen 2009
Hyla annectans
39.5
2.0
3.1
1.59
32.9
1.5
2.5
1.21
Liao and Lu 2010b
Hyla arborea
44.5
2.0
3.3
43.0
2.0
3.1
Friedl and Klump 1997
Hyla sarda
37.8
2.0
3.4
32.6
1.0
2.5
Cadeddu et al. 2011
Litoria chloris
63.6
3.0
3.9
58.5
3.0
3.5
Morrison 2001; Morrison et al. 2004
Litoria lesueuri
59.9
3.0
3.9
39.2
2.0
3.3
Morrison 2001
Litoria pearsoniana
34.0
2.0
2.1
26.5
2.0
2.0
Morrison et al. 2004
Litoria raniformis
82.6
2.0
3.0
70.2
2.0
3.0
Mann et al. 2010
Litoria spenceri
49.3
4.8
5.3
37.0
2.8
4.4
Gillespie 2011
Mantella baroni
28.6
1.4
1.9
25.6
1.0
1.6
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella bernhardi
20.5
1.6
1.7
19.7
1.2
1.5
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella cowani
29.3
1.3
2.2
25.7
1.0
1.3
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella crocea
21.6
2.0
2.0
17.2
1.2
2.8
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella expectata
27.1
1.0
2.2
22.9
1.0
1.5
Guarino et al. 2010
Mantella laevigata
26.2
2.0
2.0
24.2
2.0
2.0
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella nigricans
27.2
1.2
1.8
25.1
1.2
2.8
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella pulchra
23.6
1.5
2.1
20.6
1.6
1.9
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella sp.
24.0
1.3
1.8
20.9
1.2
1.9
Andreone et al. 2011
Mantella viridis
30.4
1.1
1.6
25.9
1.0
1.3
Andreone et al. 2011
Microhyla ornate
24.2
2.0
3.7
22.5
1.0
3.6
Kumbar and Pacharatna 2001
Mixophyes fasciolatus
74.1
3.4
4.0
65.0
2.8
3.6
Morrison 2001
Mixophyes fleayi
69.7
3.7
5.0
62.6
3.0
4.3
Morrison 2001; Morrison et al. 2004
Nanorana parkeri
43.3
3.0
6.0
0.37
38.2
2.7
5.4
0.19
Ma et al. 2009a
Paa quadrana
80.5
3.0
5.9
60.6
2.0
2.9
Song 2010
Paa taihangnicus
76.1
3.0
5.6
67.3
2.0
5.8
Lu 2011
Pelobates cultripes
54.2
2.0
5.0
0.12
52.8
2.0
4.5
0.09
Leclair et al. 2005
Pelobates fuscus
53.9
2.0
4.6
45.9
2.0
3.6
Eggert and Guyetant 1999; Eggert 2000
Pleurodema thaul
37.4
2.0
3.4
0.37
32.5
2.0
3.2
0.29
Iturra-Cid et al. 2010
Polypedates maculatus
68.0
1.0
2.5
65.0
1.0
2.2
Andia et al. 2010b
Pseudacris crucifer
28.4
2.0
2.8
26.5
2.0
2.6
Lykens and Forester 1987
Rana cascadae
39.8
3.0
4.0
44.3
2.5
3.5
Briggs and Storm 1970
Rana catesbeiana
117.0
5.0
5.1
0.34
108.3
3.0
4.2
0.23
Shirose et al. 1993; Liu et al. 2010
Rana chensinensis
47.5
1.2
2.7
0.24
43.2
1.0
1.8
0.22
Lu et al. 2006; Ma et al. 2009b
Rana dalmatina
62.5
2.5
3.0
0.84
53.9
1.5
2.6
0.63
Sarasola-Puente et al. 2011
Rana esculenta
85.2
3.5
5.3
0.45
68.7
3.0
4.3
0.58
Cogalniceanu and Miaud 2003; Socha and Ogielska 2010
Rana grahami
76.3
1.9
3.4
69.2
2.5
3.3
Liao 2009
Rana guentheri
75.3
2.0
3.3
0.97
67.9
1.0
2.4
0.69
Li et al. 2010
Rana holtzi
44.2
5.0
6.2
46.0
5.0
6.1
Miaud et al. 2007
Rana iberica
46.1
2.0
3.0
39.1
2.0
2.7
Esteban and Sanchiz 2000
Rana japonica
40.0
1.0
2.0
34.6
1.0
1.3
Marunouchi et al. 2002
Rana kukunoris
55.7
3.5
4.9
48.3
3.0
4.2
Chen et al. 2011
Rana latastei
55.3
1.0
1.7
0.48
42.4
1.0
1.4
0.27
Guarino et al. 2003
Rana luteiventris
57.0
1.0
2.0
54.0
1.0
1.7
Reaser 2000
Rana macrocnemis
62.5
2.9
4.2
64.0
2.8
3.8
Kutrup et al. 2011
Rana muscosa
63.6
1.0
4.1
56.1
1.0
4.0
Matthews and Miaud 2007
Rana nigromaculata
78.8
2.5
3.3
0.62
66.6
2.0
3.1
0.41
Khonsue et al. 2001a; Liao et al. 2010
Rana nigrovittata
45.3
2.0
3.3
50.6
1.5
3.7
Khonsue et al. 2000
Rana perezi
65.6
2.5
3.5
52.0
1.5
2.3
Esteban et al. 1996
Rana pipiens
70.1
2.0
3.0
67.6
2.0
3.0
Leclair and Castanet 1987
Rana pleuraden
49.5
1.5
2.8
44.2
2.5
2.6
Liao 2009
Rana ridibunda
77.2
2.3
4.2
0.67
68.6
1.8
4.0
0.57
Yilmaz et al. 2005; Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou et al. 2008; Socha and Ogielska 2010
Rana rugosa
54.8
2.0
2.3
42.0
1.5
1.7
Khonsue et al. 2001b
Rana saharica
64.8
1.5
3.1
56.7
1.0
3.2
Meddeb et al. 2007
Rana sakuraii
48.8
2.5
3.4
44.9
2.0
3.2
Kusano et al. 1995b
Rana septentrionalis
61.4
1.5
2.5
56.4
1.5
2.0
Leclair and Laurin 1996
Rana subaquavocalis
104.8
3.0
6.1
84.9
2.0
4.7
Platz et al. 1997
Rana sylvatica
52.6
2.0
2.8
46.3
1.0
2.2
Berven 1982; Bastien and Leclair 1992; Sagor et al. 1998; Leclair et al. 2000
Rana tagoi
43.2
2.0
3.2
42.0
1.0
2.8
Kusano et al. 1995a
Rana taipehensis
40.0
2.0
2.6
28.0
1.0
2.3
Lien et al. 2007
Rana temporaria
74.6
2.4
6.0
0.47
69.7
2.0
5.1
0.55
Gibbons and McCarthy 1984; Ryser 1988, 1996; Augert and Joly 1993; Miaud et al. 1999; Guarino et al. 2008
Scaphiophryne gottlebei
34.9
1.0
1.8
29.6
1.0
1.1
Guarino et al. 2010
Scaphiopus couchii
50.4
2.0
4.0
52.4
2.0
4.0
Sullivan and Fernandez 1999
Xenopus laevis
56.6
1.0
3.9
56.3
1.0
3.7
Measey 2001
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Fig. S1. Phylogenetic trees of the anuran species examined for SSD in relation to age at maturity, mean adult age (a, n = 75 species) and Von Bertalanffy growth coefficient (b, n = 16 species)
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