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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Aubria subsigillata | |
| Genus: Aubria | |
| Family: Pyxicephalidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Aubria subsigillata | |
| ID information: DQ283352.1 / zmb83453 | |
| NCBI name: Aubria subsigillata | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: K. Smith | |
| Country: Benin | |
| Locality 1: Lokoli | |
| Locality 2: n.a. | |
| Coordinate 1: N 07°03'754' | |
| Coordinate 2: E 02°15.757' | |
| Aquatic habitat: lentic | |
| Gosner stage: 39 | |
| Total length: 42.414 mm | |
| Body length: 19.533 mm | |
| Tail length: 22.881 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 9.255 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 10.524 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.578 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 10.497 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.515 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.123 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 4.575 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 8.77 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.857 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 2.199 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.547 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.054 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 3.123 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 4(3-4)/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: 3>4=2>1 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 2>3>1 | |
| Anterior papillae: 2 | |
| Posterior papillae: 2 | |
| MPRF: (2)/1-2/2 | |
| 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: anterodorsally | |
| Direction of nostrils: laterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: drop | |
| Nostrils with structure: torus, sulcus | |
| Position of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: dorsolateally | |
| Position of spiracle: lss | |
| Shape of spiracle: wall absent | |
| 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: no | |
| Position of lateral line system: absent | |
| Relative heigth of fins: d>v | |
| Dorsal fin reaches onto body: no | |
| Margin of ventral fin: c | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: a | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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