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Table 1 Sex, snout-vent length (SVL), live wet body mass, DXA mass reading and fat mass chemical extraction of six Israeli fan-toed geckos Ptyodactylus guttatus used to validate the application of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to non-invasively calculate body fat indices in small lizards

From: Measuring body condition of lizards: a comparison between non-invasive dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, chemical fat extraction and calculated indices

Sex

SVL (mm)

Live Wet Mass (g)

DXA Mass Reading (g)

Fat Extraction (g)

DXA Fat Reading (g)

Male

61.51

4.8

5.7

0.26

1.5

Male

87.45

11

12

0.37

1.65

Female

80.74

10.9

11.9

1.60

2.4

Female

65.97

11.5

13

2.09

2.8

Female

67.14

6.5

7.6

0.93

2

Unknowna

55.64

4.2

5.2

0.43

0.95

  1. a Indicates the lizard that was removed from the validation experiment (see text for details)
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994