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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Mantidactylus betsileanus | |
| Genus: Mantidactylus | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Mantidactylus betsileanus | |
| ID information: FJ559234.1 / zsm880/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Mantidactylus betsileanus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, psammonic | |
| Collector: no data | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: Fierenana | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 38 | |
| Total length: 41.606 mm | |
| Body length: 13.416 mm | |
| Tail length: 28.19 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 5.441 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 8.227 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.249 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 7.416 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.399 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.237 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 4.035 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 6.845 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.211 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.776 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 3.652 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.446 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 2.252 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: near ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 5(2-5)/3 | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 5 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 4 | |
| Posterior gaps: no | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 2>1=3>4>5 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 2b | |
| MPRF: (1)/1-2/1-2 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: triangular | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: finely | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: m | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: medium | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anteriorly | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: no | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral d | |
| Shape of vent tube: dextral opening | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: c | |
| 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: g | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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