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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Lithobates forreri | |
| Genus: Lithobates | |
| Family: Ranidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Lithobates forreri | |
| ID information: KX423503.1 / smf99712 | |
| NCBI name: Rana forreri | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: G. Köhler | |
| Country: Mexico | |
| Locality 1: Oaxaca | |
| Locality 2: Rio Sal, 3 km N San Gabriel Mixtepec | |
| Coordinate 1: 16° 5.992' N | |
| Coordinate 2: 97° 3.961' W | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 35 | |
| Total length: 55.366 mm | |
| Body length: 21.822 mm | |
| Tail length: 33.544 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 11.235 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 13.883 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.71 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 13.324 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 2.985 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 4.235 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 7.484 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 11.859 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 4.594 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 2.734 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 7.54 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 6.604 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 3.328 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 2(2)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 2 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1>2 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1 | |
| MPRF: (1)/1/1 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: triangular | |
| Submarginal papillae: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: finely | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: moderately arched | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: medium | |
| 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: msl | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: medial b | |
| Shape of vent tube: displaced 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: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: a | |
| Tail tip: triangular | |
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