Table 2 Estimates of historical demographic parameters in various green toad taxa and groups from mtDNA control region analyses using parameter estimation in the programs Fluctuate and DnaSP.
Mitochondrial control region clade | Taxon | N | Theta* | g @ | Ln (like-lihood) for L max | ln (likely-hood) for zero growth | 2(Lmax- Lg = 0) | No growth can be rejected | MinAge estimate for corrected rate (pi-Net) | MinAge estimate for non-corrected rate (pi-betw.) | Tajima's D# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[All B. boulengeri: North Africa including islands] | B. boulengeri | 37 | 0.0258 | 175.878 | 0.0041 | -2.0458 | 4.0998 | Yes | 1.6 My | 0.9 My | -0.66664 |
North Africa mainland | B. boulengeri | 18 | 0.0377 | 263.037 | 0.1060 | -3.5830 | 7.378 | Yes | 2.2 My | 1.4 My | -1.63869 |
Sicily and adjacent islands | B. siculus n. sp. | 33 | 0. 0015 | 2585.02 | 0.6440 | 0.7064 | -0.1248 | No | NA | NA | 0.74861 |
[All B. balearicus: Apennine Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia, Balearic islands] | B. balearicus. | 61 | 0.0116 | 184.754 | 0.5139 | 0.1018 | 0.8242 | No | NA | NA | 0.74773 |
Corsica, Sardinia | B. balearicus. | 21 | 0.0177 | 51.788 | 0.0455 | -0.1783 | -0.447 | No | NA | NA | -0.07834 |
Apennine Peninsula | B. balearicus. | 29 | 0.0029 | 767.136 | 0.0364 | -0.2254 | 0.5236 | No | NA | NA | 0.19720 |