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Species: Bufo calamita

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Species: Bufo calamita
Genus: Epidalea
Family: Bufonidae
Species in Frost database: Epidalea calamita
ID information: KF665137.1 / zsm152/2001
NCBI name: Epidalea calamita
Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic
Collector: Miguel Vences
Country: Spain
Locality 1: Galicia- Prov. La Coruna
Locality 2: n.a.
Coordinate 1: no data
Coordinate 2: no data
Aquatic habitat: lentic
Gosner stage: 37
Total length: 17.647 mm
Body length: 7.448 mm
Tail length: 10.199 mm
Maximum body heigth: 3.909 mm
Maximum body width: 4.635 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 0.83 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: 4.05 mm
Eye diameter: 1.026 mm
Internostrial distance: 1.129 mm
Interorbital distance: 2.26 mm
Maximum height of tail: 3.553 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.371 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.254 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 1.192 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 1.006 mm
Oral disc width: 1.616 mm
Position of oral disc: anteroventral
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: 2>1
Relative length of posterior rows: 2>3>1
Anterior papillae: absent
Posterior papillae: 1
MPRF: 0/1/0
Shape of marginal papillae: triangular
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: medium
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: anterodorsal
Direction of nostrils: anterodorsally
Shape of nostrils: ovoid
Nostrils with structure: ho
Position of eyes: laterally
Direction of eyes: laterally
Position of spiracle: mss
Shape of spiracle: wall absent
Position of vent tube: medial a
Shape of vent tube: medial anteriorly
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: c
Margin of dorsal fin: a
Tail tip: triangular
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