Table 1 Morphometric characteristics of the body and the testis, and fat body quantity of Leiolepis ocellata (mean ± SE). Different superscript letters of the values in each column represent significant differences among each morphometric data (P < 0.05)

EFA (Jan)

3

11.70 ± 0.21^a

53.74 ± 2.18^ab

0.19 ± 0.04^d

0.18 ± 0.00^d

0.36 ± 0.06^d

+

FA (Feb)

10

13.90 ± 0.24^bcd

68.69 ± 3.24^b

0.27 ± 0.02^e

0.27 ± 0.02^e

0.35 ± 0.02^e

+

R (Mar–Apr)

22

13.20 ± 0.26^bc

61.59 ± 3.67^ab

0.06 ± 0.00^b

0.06 ± 0.00^abc

0.11 ± 0.01^abc

+

SR (May)

4

16.03 ± 0.48^d

100.26 ± 11.67^c

0.09 ± 0.01^c

0.09 ± 0.01^bc

0.10 ± 0.00^bc

+

SA (Jun–Jul)

18

20.09 ± 5.63^cd

88.44 ± 3.87^c

0.11 ± 0.01^c

0.11 ± 0.01^c

0.13 ± 0.10^c

+

Rg (Aug)

5

13.46 ± 0.30^bc

66.37 ± 6.63^b

0.05 ± 0.00^b

0.05 ± 0.00^ab

0.08 ± 0.02^ab

+++

Q (Sep–Oct)

5

12.02 ± 0.65^a

46.57 ± 4.53^a

0.03 ± 0.00^a

0.03 ± 0.00^a

0.07 ± 0.00^a

+++

FR (Nov–Dec)

8

12.63 ± 0.27^ab

62.52 ± 2.94^ab

0.05 ± 0.00^b

0.05 ± 0.00^ab

0.09 ± 0.02^ab

++