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Table 2 Evolutionary data for six Leptodactylinae life-history traits based on stochastic Bayesian character mapping

From: Ancestral reconstruction of reproductive traits shows no tendency toward terrestriality in leptodactyline frogs

Character

Replications

Expected number of transformations

Expected number of character state transformation

Amount of time

Rate

0–1

0–2

0–3

1–0

1–2

1–3

2–0

2–1

2–3

3–0

3–1

3–2

State 0

State 1

State 2

State 3

Reproductive mode

60,000

19.87

2.53

2.6

1.1

1.04

1.3

0.5

1.9

1.4

1.8

1

0.6

4.1

0.30

0.16

0.32

0.22

8.16

Clutch size

60,000

14.30

1.78

1.9

–

1.72

2.6

–

2.3

4

–

–

–

–

0.33

0.31

0.36

–

5.62

Habitat

60,000

31.60

16.4

–

–

15.2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.46

0.54

–

–

11.8

Tadpole environment

60,000

16.39

1.83

1

–

2.66

4.8

–

1.5

4.6

–

–

–

–

0.08

0.69

0.23

–

6.33

Nuptial spines

60,000

7.94

2.91

–

–

5.03

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.58

0.42

–

–

2.64

Egg pigmentation

60,000

13.10

6.25

–

–

6.85

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.69

0.31

–

–

4.37

  1. Estimated number of state transformations, amount of time and rate of transformation for each character for the 35 Leptodactylinae species based on stochastic Bayesian character mapping using 600 trees (See characters codes in Table 4).