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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Megastomatohyla pellita | |
| Genus: Megastomatohyla | |
| Family: Hylidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Megastomatohyla pellita | |
| ID information: MH004094.1 / gk4381 | |
| NCBI name: Megastomatohyla pellita | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, psammonic | |
| Collector: G. Köhler | |
| Country: Mexico | |
| Locality 1: Oaxaca | |
| Locality 2: n.a. | |
| Coordinate 1: 16.19313 | |
| Coordinate 2: -97.09766 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 28 | |
| Total length: 38.23 mm | |
| Body length: 13.42 mm | |
| Tail length: 24.6 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.3 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 7.77 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 2.64 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 9.41 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.67 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 3.58 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 3.85 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 7.5 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.62 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.96 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.45 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 4.17 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 6.33 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: posteriorly | |
| LKRF: 7(7)/10 | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 7 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 10 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Posterior gaps: no | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1<2<3=4=5=6=7 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1=2=3=4=5=6>7>8>9>10 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1b | |
| Posterior papillae: 2b | |
| MPRF: 1-2/1-2/2-3 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: conical | |
| Submarginal papillae: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: slightly | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: broadly arched | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: broadly v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: medium | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: dorsolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: lsl | |
| Shape of spiracle: free from body | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral b | |
| Shape of vent tube: displaced dorsally | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: a | |
| Lateral line system visible: no | |
| Position of lateral line system: absent | |
| Relative heigth of fins: d>v | |
| Dorsal fin reaches onto body: no | |
| Margin of ventral fin: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: f | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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