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| Definitions of the following characters are given here. | |
| Species: Mantella viridis | |
| Genus: Mantella | |
| Family: Mantellidae | |
| Species in Frost database: Mantella viridis | |
| ID information: FJ559230.1 / zsm797/2004 | |
| NCBI name: Mantella viridis | |
| Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, arboreal | |
| Collector: RD Randrianiaina, M Vences, F Glaw | |
| Country: Madagascar | |
| Locality 1: n.a. | |
| Locality 2: n.a. | |
| Coordinate 1: n.a. | |
| Coordinate 2: n.a. | |
| Aquatic habitat: lentic | |
| Gosner stage: 34 | |
| Total length: 19.04 mm | |
| Body length: 7.302 mm | |
| Tail length: 11.738 mm | |
| Maximum body heigth: 3.122 mm | |
| Maximum body width: 4.548 mm | |
| Snout-nostril-distance: 0.934 mm | |
| Snout-spiraculum-distance: 4.37 mm | |
| Eye diameter: 0.746 mm | |
| Internostrial distance: 1.623 mm | |
| Interorbital distance: 2.289 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail: 2.963 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 0.996 mm | |
| Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.063 mm | |
| Maximum height of tail muscle: 1.653 mm | |
| Maximum width of tail muscle: 1.666 mm | |
| Oral disc width: 1.892 mm | |
| Position of oral disc: anteroventral | |
| Disc emarginated: laterally | |
| LKRF: 5(2-5)/3(1) | |
| Anterior keradont rows: 5 | |
| Posterior keradont rows: 3 | |
| Anterior gaps: yes | |
| Anterior rows with gaps: 4 | |
| Posterior gaps: yes | |
| Posterior rows with gaps: 1 | |
| Relative length of anterior rows: 3>2=4>5>1 | |
| Relative length of posterior rows: 1=2>3 | |
| Anterior papillae: 1 | |
| Posterior papillae: 1b | |
| MPRF: (1)/1/1 | |
| Shape of marginal papillae: conical | |
| Submarginal papillae: no | |
| Jaw sheaths present: yes | |
| Jaw sheaths serrated: clearly | |
| Upper jaw sheath shape: m | |
| Lower jaw sheath shape: v | |
| Thickness of jaw sheaths: robust | |
| Nostrils present: yes | |
| Position of nostrils: dorsolateral | |
| Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally | |
| Shape of nostrils: ovoid | |
| Nostrils with structure: no | |
| Position of eyes: dorsolaterally | |
| Direction of eyes: anterodorsally | |
| Position of spiracle: mss | |
| Shape of spiracle: slight ridge | |
| Position of vent tube: medial a | |
| Shape of vent tube: medial posteriorly | |
| 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: g | |
| Tail tip: round | |
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