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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Trichobatrachus robustus | |
| Genus: Trichobatrachus | |
| Family: Arthroleptidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Trichobatrachus robustus | |
| ID information: AF124136.1 / zmb8203 | |
| NCBI name: Trichobatrachus robustus | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): suctorial | |
| Collector: M. Hirschfeld | |
| Country: Cameroon | |
| Locality 1: Ebo forest | |
| Locality 2: n.a. | |
| Coordinate 1: 10.42398333 | |
| Coordinate 2: 4.357666667 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 38 | |
| Total length: 67.357 mm | |
| Body length: 22.889 mm | |
| Tail length: 44.468 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 13.381 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 13.561 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 3.77 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 13.566 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 2.748 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 3.544 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 6.363 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 13.832 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 4.16 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 4.221 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 9.447 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 7.578 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 7.395 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 8(1,2,6-8)/9(1,2) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 8 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 9 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 5 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 2 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 4=5>3=6>7>2=8>1 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3>4=5>6>7>8>9 | |
| Anterior papillae: 2-3 | |
| Posterior papillae: 4 | |
| MPRF: 2-3/4/4 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: blunt | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: finely | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: triangular | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: robust | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: papillae | |
| Position of eyes: laterally | |
| Direction of eyes: laterally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: free from body | |
| Position of vent tube: dextral d | |
| Shape of vent tube: dextral opening | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: -1 | |
| Lateral line system visible: yes | |
| Position of lateral line system: dorsally, dorsolaterally | |
| 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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