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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Boophis tasymena | |
| Genus: Boophis | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Boophis tasymena | |
| ID information: JX570133.1 / zsm984/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Boophis tasymena | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, clasping, suctorial | |
| Collector: no data | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: Kidonavo | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 35 | |
| Total length: 25.796 mm | |
| Body length: 10.033 mm | |
| Tail length: 15.763 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 4.084 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 6.114 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.064 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 5.677 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.112 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.198 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 3.056 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 4.447 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.229 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 0.974 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 2.508 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 2.398 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 1.875 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 4(2-4)/4(1,2) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 4 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 3 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 2 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1=2>3>4 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1 | |
| MPRF: (1)/1/1 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: conical | |
| 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: dorsolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterodorsally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus | |
| Position of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral a | |
| 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: a | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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