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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Boophis luciae | |
| Genus: Boophis | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Boophis luciae | |
| ID information: KF609730.1 / zsm730/2007 | |
| NCBI name: Boophis luciae | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, clasping, suctorial | |
| Collector: RD Randrianiaina, A Strauß, E Reeve, S Ndriantsoa, J Glos, HT Rasolonjatovo | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: Ranomafana National Park | |
| Coordinate 1: -21.23693 | |
| Coordinate 2: 47.427118 | |
| Aquatic habitat: lotic | |
| Gosner stage: 36 | |
| Total length: 28.531 mm | |
| Body length: 5.875 mm | |
| Tail length: 22.656 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 3.292 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 4.802 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 1.064 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 6.452 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 1.46 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 2.401 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 3.771 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 3.49 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.122 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 0.924 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 2.904 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 2.739 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 4.037 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: ventral | |
| Disc emarginated: no | |
| LKRF: 7(5-7)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 7 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 3 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 4>5>3=6>2=7>1 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 2>1=3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 2-3 | |
| Posterior papillae: 5-6 | |
| MPRF: (2-3)/4-5/5-6 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: conical | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: clearly | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: broadly arched | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: robust | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: dorsolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: dorsolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: half 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: displaced anteriorly and dorsally | |
| Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: a | |
| 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: g | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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