"Metric data";"P. a. apodus";"P. a. thracius";"P. a. levantinus ssp. nov."
"Snout-vent length (SVL)";"310–487 (387.61±37.60) (n=304)";"320–410 (360.06±31.47) (n=17)";"317–610 (490.22±76.15) (n=55)"
"Length of the tail (TL)";"320–765 (567.38±75.61) (n=232)";"463–645 (552.71±55.56) (n=17)";"416–757 (600.70±107.04) (n=27)"
"Total length (TotL)";"635–1230 (948.40±99.98) (n=232)";"796–1025 (912.76±73.52) (n=17)";"733–1367 (1072.30±194.60) (n=27)"
"Head length 1 (HL1)";"28.63–58.00 (38.61±4.90) (n=219)";"31.10–49.50 (39.55±5.15) (n=17)";"29.30–63.75 (47.60±7.99) (n=53)"
"Head length 2 (HL2)";"23.60–47.20 (35.77±4.67) (n=226)";"27.20–43.40 (35.40±4.76) (n=17)";"27.59–59.58 (44.12±7.65) (n=53)"
"Pileus length (PL)";"26.40–46.30 (35.82±4.02) (n=197)";"28.80–44.10 (36.93±4.56) (n=17)";"26.85–54.79 (41.98±6.78) (n=53)"
"Head width 1 (HW1)";"17.96–36.50 (24.47±3.62) (n=267)";"20.10–29.50 (24.35±2.95) (n=17)";"16.62–44.90 (32.04±6.34) (n=53)"
"Head width 2 (HW2)";"15.20–28.76 (19.44±2.37) (n=183)";"17.30–26.30 (22.33±2.48) (n=17)";"16.06–39.33 (28.21±4.95) (n=53)"
"Head width 3 (HW3)";"13.00–26.87 (17.13±2.26) (n=235)";"16.40–25.00 (20.74±2.34) (n=17)";"14.21–28.59 (22.62±3.31) (n=53)"
"Eye-nostril distance (ENL)";"6.99–13.90 (10.29±1.28) (n=176)";"8.10–11.20 (10.02±0.91) (n=17)";"6.58–15.23 (10.13±1.94) (n=54)"
"Frontal shield length (FL)";"8.00–18.50 (11.59±1.60) (n=202)";"9.50–15.30 (12.50±1.76) (n=17)";"8.63–19.74 (13.75±2.49) (n=52)"
"Frontal shield width (FW)";"5.10–11.75 (8.72±1.09) (n=202)";"6.50–10.60 (9.05±1.10) (n=17)";"5.69–15.78 (10.23±2.01) (n=52)"
"Frontal shield-snout length (FSL)";"11.00–18.00 (13.90±1.64) (n=137)";"10.30–15.98 (12.58±15.98) (n=17)";"10.28–23.39 (17.27±2.96) (n=54)"
"Snout width (SW)";"5.40–12.81 (7.76±1.31) (n=137)";"6.30–12.77 (9.17±1.74) (n=17)";"5.40–12.41 (8.95±1.57) (n=54)"
"Intermaxillar shield height (IMH)";"3.00–9.00 (4.32±0.63) (n=235)";"3.30–5.20 (4.32±0.48) (n=17)";"3.22–7.78 (5.61±0.86) (n=53)"
"Intermaxillar shield width (IMW)";"4.00–12.60 (6.49±1.09) (n=234)";"5.30–8.20 (6.73±0.90) (n=17)";"4.22–11.62 (8.53±1.69) (n=53)"
"Rudiments length (RL)";"1.00–6.55 (3.50±1.01) (n=169)";"2.00–4.80 (3.31±0.77) (n=17)";"2.68–8.56 (5.55±1.53) (n=55)"
"Meristic characters";;;
"Dorsal scale transversal (DST)";"11–14 (12.11±0.40) (n=103)";"12 (n=17)";"12 (n=55)"
"Ventral scale transversal (VST)";"10–11 (10.01±0.10) (n=83)";"10 (n=17)";"10 (n=55)"
"Dorsal scales longitudinal (DSL)";"88–119 (105.71±3.88) (n=182)";"92–110 (99.30±4.09) (n=17)";"88–119 (100.71±5.43) (n=55)"
"Ventral scales longitudinal (VSL)";"111–129 (123.30±2.53) (n=201)";"108–124 (118.00±3.61) (n=17)";"115–137 (122.40±3.19) (n=55)"
"Subcaudal scale rows (SCR)";"175–249 (228.68±15.43) (n=78)";"173–237 (214.22±24.72) (n=9)";"199–222 (208.67±7.54) (n=28)"
"Preanal scales (PAN)";"5–11 (7.94±1.44) (n=197)";"5–8 (6.37±0.72) (n=17)";"10 (n=55)"
"Supralabial scales left (SPLl)";"9–13 (11.17±0.98) (n=124)";"10–12 (11.06±0.43) (n=17)";"11–14 (12.13±0.85) (n=54)"