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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Afrixalus lacteus | |
| Genus: Afrixalus | |
| Family: Hyperoliidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Afrixalus lacteus | |
| ID information: KX492596.1 / zmb79641 | |
| NCBI name: Afrixalus lacteus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: M . Hirschfeld | |
| Country: Cameroon | |
| Locality 1: Mt. Manengouba | |
| Locality 2: Nkack | |
| Coordinate 1: 9.762972 | |
| Coordinate 2: 5.02594 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lentic | |
| Gosner stage: 38 | |
| Total length: 44.867 mm | |
| Body length: 13.084 mm | |
| Tail length: 31.783 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.292 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 8.447 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.935 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 10.574 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.865 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.909 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 6.199 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 6.03 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.297 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.935 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.407 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.814 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 3.538 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteror | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 0/0 | |
| Anterior keradont rows: absent | |
| Posterior keradont rows: absent | |
| Anterior gaps: no | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Posterior gaps: no | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 0 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: absent | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: absent | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1 | |
| MPRF: (1)/1/1 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: triangular | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: finely | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: unbowed | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: broadly u | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: massive | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: dosolaterally | |
| Direction of nostrils: dorsally | |
| Shape of nostrils: round | |
| Nostrils with structure: sulcus | |
| Position of eyes: anterolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: anterolaterally | |
| Position of spiracle: psl | |
| Shape of spiracle: free from body | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral d | |
| 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: g | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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