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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Mantidactylus alutus | |
| Genus: Mantidactylus | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Mantidactylus alutus | |
| ID information: AY848236.1 / zsm1017/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Mantidactylus alutus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, psammonic | |
| Collector: no data | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: Foret de Tampina | |
| Coordinate 1: no data | |
| Coordinate 2: no data | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 36 | |
| Total length: 44.835 mm | |
| Body length: 13.354 mm | |
| Tail length: 31.481 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.186 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 7.863 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.242 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 7.727 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.556 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.745 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 4.435 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 6.857 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.298 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.95 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.36 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.913 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 4.181 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| 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: 2>3>1>4 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 2>1>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1b | |
| Posterior papillae: 2b | |
| MPRF: (1)/1-2/1-2 | |
| 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: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| 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: medial b | |
| Shape of vent tube: displaced anteriorly and dorsally | |
| 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: no | |
| Margin of ventral fin: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: g | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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