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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Lithobates sierramadrensis | |
| Genus: Lithobates | |
| Family: Ranidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Lithobates sierramadrensis | |
| ID information: KX423512.1 / smf99711 | |
| NCBI name: Rana sierramadrensis | |
| 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: 74.659 mm | |
| Body length: 25.864 mm | |
| Tail length: 48.795 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 13.67 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 16.251 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 2.962 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 15.134 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 4.076 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 5.331 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 8.806 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 14.907 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 5.093 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 3.526 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 10.165 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 9.321 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 6.611 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 6(2-6)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 6 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 5 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 1>2>3>4>5>6 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1-2 | |
| MPRF: (1)/2-3/1-2 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: conical | |
| 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: round | |
| 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 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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