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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Meristogenys orphnocnemis | |
| Genus: Meristogenys | |
| Family: Ranidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Meristogenys orphnocnemis | |
| ID information: DQ283147.1 / zmh276P | |
| NCBI name: Meristogenys orphnocnemis | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): gastromyzophorous | |
| Collector: A. Haas & I. Das | |
| Country: Malaysia | |
| Locality 1: Sabah | |
| Locality 2: Ranau | |
| Coordinate 1: 6.035577 | |
| Coordinate 2: 116.555674 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 38 | |
| Total length: 38.953 mm | |
| Body length: 15.666 mm | |
| Tail length: 23.287 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 6.06 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 10.255 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 3.022 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 9.771 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 2.202 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 3.415 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 5.225 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 6.987 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.734 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.905 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.212 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 4.532 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 6.887 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 6(4-6)/8(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 6 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 8 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 3 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 2>3>1>4>5>6 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 3>2=4>1=5>6>7>8 | |
| Anterior papillae: 0 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1 | |
| MPRF: 0/1/1 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: blunt | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: heavily | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: divided | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: divided | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: massive | |
| 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: lsl | |
| Shape of spiracle: free from body | |
| Position of vent tube: medial a | |
| Shape of vent tube: medial | |
| 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: d | |
| Margin of dorsal fin: e | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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