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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Mantidactylus zipperi | |
| Genus: Mantidactylus | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Mantidactylus zipperi | |
| ID information: FJ559283.1 / zsm1825/2007 | |
| NCBI name: Mantidactylus zipperi | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, psammonic | |
| Collector: RD Randrianiaina, L Raharivoloniaina, M Vences, DR Vieites, J Patton, C Patton | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: An’Ala | |
| Coordinate 1: -18.887336 | |
| Coordinate 2: 47.480705 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 35 | |
| Total length: 38.148 mm | |
| Body length: 12.946 mm | |
| Tail length: 25.202 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.155 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 6.981 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.323 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 6.117 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.382 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 3.304 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 4.785 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 5.905 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.386 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.398 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.37 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.689 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 3.89 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anterior | |
| Disc emarginated: posteriorly | |
| LKRF: absent | |
| Anterior keradont rows: absent | |
| Posterior keradont rows: absent | |
| Anterior gaps: no | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Posterior gaps: no | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: absent | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: absent | |
| Anterior papillae: irregular | |
| Posterior papillae: irregular | |
| MPRF: absent | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: blunt | |
| Submarginal papillae: irregular | |
| Jaw sheaths present: no | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: absent | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: absent | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: absent | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: absent | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral b | |
| Shape of vent tube: displaced anteriorly | |
| 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: destroyed | |
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