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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Leptopelis rufus | |
| Genus: Leptopelis | |
| Family: Arthroleptidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Leptopelis rufus | |
| ID information: KT967102.1 / zmb79628 | |
| NCBI name: Leptopelis rufus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: M. Dahmen | |
| Country: Cameroon | |
| Locality 1: Ebo forest | |
| Locality 2: Ndogbanguengue | |
| Coordinate 1: 10.165393 | |
| Coordinate 2: 4.4069 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 36 | |
| Total length: 31.578 mm | |
| Body length: 11.423 mm | |
| Tail length: 20.155 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 4.356 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 6.073 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.163 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 6.106 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 0.972 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.079 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 4.076 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 4.018 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.064 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.023 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 2.376 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 1.889 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 2.466 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: near ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: anterolaterally | |
| LKRF: 4(2-4)/3 | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 4 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 2 | |
| Posterior gaps: no | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1>2>3>4 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 2 | |
| MPRF: (1)/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: robust | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: dorsally | |
| Direction of nostrils: dorsolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: round | |
| Nostrils with structure: no | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: msl | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral b | |
| Shape of vent tube: displaced anteriorly and dorsally | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: b | |
| Lateral line system visible: yes | |
| Position of lateral line system: dorsally, laterally | |
| Relative heigth of fins: d>v | |
| Dorsal fin reaches onto body: no | |
| Margin of ventral fin: c | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: e | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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