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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Blommersia wittei | |
| Genus: Blommersia | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Blommersia wittei | |
| ID information: AY848113.1 / zsm737/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Blommersia wittei | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: RD Randrianiaina, M Vences, F Glaw | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: P.N. Mt d'Ambre | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 37 | |
| Total length: 44.183 mm | |
| Body length: 12.977 mm | |
| Tail length: 31.206 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.829 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 9.665 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.23 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 8.414 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.493 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.594 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 5.041 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 7.64 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.971 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 2.322 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 3.758 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.317 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 3.44 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 4(2-4)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 4 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 3 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 3>4=2>1 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1<2<3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1b | |
| Posterior papillae: 2b | |
| MPRF: (1)/1-2/1-2 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: blunt | |
| 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: medium | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anteriorly | |
| Shape of nostrils: round | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: msl | |
| Shape of spiracle: free from body | |
| Position of vent tube: medial a | |
| Shape of vent tube: medial posteriorly | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: a | |
| Lateral line system visible: yes | |
| Position of lateral line system: dorsolaterally | |
| Relative heigth of fins: d>v | |
| Dorsal fin reaches onto body: yes | |
| Margin of ventral fin: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: f | |
| Tail tip: elongate flagellum | |
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