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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Lithobates spectabilis | |
| Genus: Lithobates | |
| Family: Ranidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Lithobates spectabilis | |
| ID information: AY779232.1 / smf96495 | |
| NCBI name: Rana spectabilis | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic | |
| Collector: G. Köhler | |
| Country: Mexico | |
| Locality 1: Oaxaca | |
| Locality 2: Canyon San Juan Tzicatlacoyan | |
| Coordinate 1: 18° 49.84' N | |
| Coordinate 2: 98° 1.443' W | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 37 | |
| Total length: 89.148 mm | |
| Body length: 31.124 mm | |
| Tail length: 58.024 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 14.753 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 17.306 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 3.252 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 19.496 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 3.966 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 5.397 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 10.052 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 16.728 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 5.823 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 3.704 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 11.111 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 10.124 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 5.496 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: near-ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| 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: broadly v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: massive | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: anterolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: reniform | |
| Nostrils with structure: half torus | |
| Position of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Position of spiracle: -1 | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: medial 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: a | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: a | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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