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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Mantidactylus sp. aff. curtus 'Ankaratra' | |
| Genus: Mantidactylus | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Mantidactylus sp. aff. curtus 'Ankaratra' | |
| ID information: AY848288.1 / zsm570/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Mantidactylus curtus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, psammonic | |
| Collector: R.D. Randrianiaina and D. R. | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: Ambohimirandrana, Ankaratra Massif | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 36 | |
| Total length: 19.844 mm | |
| Body length: 7.959 mm | |
| Tail length: 11.885 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 3.329 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 4.47 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.128 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 5.346 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 0.78 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 1.369 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 2.257 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 3.513 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.251 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.097 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 1.901 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 1.521 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 1.573 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 3(2,3)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 2 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 2<1=3 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1 | |
| MPRF: (1)/1/(1) | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: triangular | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: clearly | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: m | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: robust | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterodorsal | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterodorsally | |
| Shape of nostrils: round | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus | |
| Position of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: wall absent | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral b | |
| Shape of vent tube: dextral tube | |
| 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: e | |
| Tail tip: short flagellum | |
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