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Table 3.

Body mass and wet and dry masses of organs removed from fasted and fed non-estivating anuran species

Bufo marinus
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Rana catesbeiana
Mass (g)FastedFedPFastedFedPFastedFedP
Body 142±20 142±28 0.998 139±31 147±29 0.866 330±32 299±3 0.392 
Lung wet 1.679±0.153 1.556±0.449 0.776 1.264±0.256 1.221±0.212 0.063 1.754±0.100 1.549±0.133 0.576 
Lung dry 0.241±0.027 0.234±0.076 0.916 0.186±0.049 0.186±0.041 0.194 0.242±0.018 0.254±0.024 0.409 
Heart wet 0.753±0.117 0.759±0.201 0.964 0.920±0.208 0.929±0.265 0.766 1.141±0.082 1.277±0.078 0.171 
Heart dry 0.124±0.012 0.143±0.047 0.604 0.126±0.031 0.134±0.041 0.970 0.140±0.012 0.168±0.019 0.242 
Liver wet 3.936±0.045 4.856±2.072 0.600 1.620±0.429 2.700±0.827 0.080 5.743±0.377 5.876±1.227 0.826 
Liver dry 1.067±0.030 1.061±0.434 0.989 0.405±0.119 0.644±0.207 0.141 1.327±0.209 1.581±0.414 0.588 
Stomach wet 2.497±0.465 3.089±0.590 0.175 1.991±0.531 2.323±0.421 0.332 7.664±0.462 8.076±0.595 0.577 
Stomach dry 0.463±0.089 0.529±0.097 0.438 0.414±0.113 0.462±0.085 0.556 1.324±0.148 1.344±0.023 0.620 
Gallbladder wet 0.314±0.069 0.082±0.025 0.017 0.145±0.067 0.035±0.003 0.043 1.371±0.294 0.300±0.109 0.032 
Gallbladder dry 0.052±0.010 0.014±0.003 0.011 0.021±0.009 0.006±0.001 0.139 0.179±0.054 0.053±0.012 0.047 
Spleen wet 0.082±0.014 0.087±0.019 0.776 0.083±0.027 0.068±0.010 0.444 0.283±0.075 0.117±0.005 0.080 
Spleen dry 0.018±0.003 0.018±0.004 0.994 0.019±0.006 0.015±0.001 0.418 0.062±0.015 0.025±0.001 0.058 
Pancreas wet 0.284±0.306 0.306±0.050 0.348 0.086±0.010 0.087±0.019 0.765 0.190±0.059 0.318±0.046 0.116 
Pancreas dry 0.050±0.005 0.052±0.009 0.147 0.019±0.002 0.019±0.004 0.732 0.039±0.012 0.064±0.006 0.103 
Large intestine wet 0.975±0.219 1.232±0.245 0.114 0.631±0.245 0.783±0.235 0.233 0.957±0.096 1.291±0.093 0.104 
Large intestine dry 0.152±0.036 0.179±0.036 0.094 0.116±0.042 0.125±0.040 0.955 0.147±0.023 0.192±0.018 0.208 
Kidneys wet 0.748±0.148 0.813±0.111 0.600 0.466±0.086 0.583±0.103 0.059 1.123±0.217 1.201±0.128 0.290 
Kidneys dry 0.129±0.026 0.148±0.034 0.510 0.083±0.015 0.106±0.022 0.074 0.171±0.034 0.214±0.016 0.100 
Bufo marinus
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Rana catesbeiana
Mass (g)FastedFedPFastedFedPFastedFedP
Body 142±20 142±28 0.998 139±31 147±29 0.866 330±32 299±3 0.392 
Lung wet 1.679±0.153 1.556±0.449 0.776 1.264±0.256 1.221±0.212 0.063 1.754±0.100 1.549±0.133 0.576 
Lung dry 0.241±0.027 0.234±0.076 0.916 0.186±0.049 0.186±0.041 0.194 0.242±0.018 0.254±0.024 0.409 
Heart wet 0.753±0.117 0.759±0.201 0.964 0.920±0.208 0.929±0.265 0.766 1.141±0.082 1.277±0.078 0.171 
Heart dry 0.124±0.012 0.143±0.047 0.604 0.126±0.031 0.134±0.041 0.970 0.140±0.012 0.168±0.019 0.242 
Liver wet 3.936±0.045 4.856±2.072 0.600 1.620±0.429 2.700±0.827 0.080 5.743±0.377 5.876±1.227 0.826 
Liver dry 1.067±0.030 1.061±0.434 0.989 0.405±0.119 0.644±0.207 0.141 1.327±0.209 1.581±0.414 0.588 
Stomach wet 2.497±0.465 3.089±0.590 0.175 1.991±0.531 2.323±0.421 0.332 7.664±0.462 8.076±0.595 0.577 
Stomach dry 0.463±0.089 0.529±0.097 0.438 0.414±0.113 0.462±0.085 0.556 1.324±0.148 1.344±0.023 0.620 
Gallbladder wet 0.314±0.069 0.082±0.025 0.017 0.145±0.067 0.035±0.003 0.043 1.371±0.294 0.300±0.109 0.032 
Gallbladder dry 0.052±0.010 0.014±0.003 0.011 0.021±0.009 0.006±0.001 0.139 0.179±0.054 0.053±0.012 0.047 
Spleen wet 0.082±0.014 0.087±0.019 0.776 0.083±0.027 0.068±0.010 0.444 0.283±0.075 0.117±0.005 0.080 
Spleen dry 0.018±0.003 0.018±0.004 0.994 0.019±0.006 0.015±0.001 0.418 0.062±0.015 0.025±0.001 0.058 
Pancreas wet 0.284±0.306 0.306±0.050 0.348 0.086±0.010 0.087±0.019 0.765 0.190±0.059 0.318±0.046 0.116 
Pancreas dry 0.050±0.005 0.052±0.009 0.147 0.019±0.002 0.019±0.004 0.732 0.039±0.012 0.064±0.006 0.103 
Large intestine wet 0.975±0.219 1.232±0.245 0.114 0.631±0.245 0.783±0.235 0.233 0.957±0.096 1.291±0.093 0.104 
Large intestine dry 0.152±0.036 0.179±0.036 0.094 0.116±0.042 0.125±0.040 0.955 0.147±0.023 0.192±0.018 0.208 
Kidneys wet 0.748±0.148 0.813±0.111 0.600 0.466±0.086 0.583±0.103 0.059 1.123±0.217 1.201±0.128 0.290 
Kidneys dry 0.129±0.026 0.148±0.034 0.510 0.083±0.015 0.106±0.022 0.074 0.171±0.034 0.214±0.016 0.100 
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