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Table 1 Sample sizes for body size data and all other life history traits

From: Does life history shape sexual size dimorphism in anurans? A comparative analysis

Traits

Number of species

Body size (mean)

380

Body size (range)

154

Egg size

440

Clutch size

386

Male combat

121

  Male scramble competition

56

  Male territory defence

70

  Male combat in both forms

9

  Male combat in unknown form

4

Female combat

12

Combat in both sexes

9

Absence in mating combat

475

Parental care

130

  Male parental care

92

  Female parental care

48

  Parental care in both sexes

18

  Paternal care of unknown sex

8

Absence in parental care

418

  1. The numbers may not sum up because some species may perform both male and female combat or male and female parental care.