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Species: Pelobates syracus

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Species: Pelobates syracus
Genus: Pelobates
Family: Pelobatidae
Species in Frost database: Pelobates syriacus
ID information: AY236807.1 / zsm1264/2011
NCBI name: Pelobates syriacus
Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic
Collector: L. Müller
Country: Bulgaria
Locality 1: Plovdiv
Locality 2: n.a.
Coordinate 1: no data
Coordinate 2: no data
Aquatic habitat: lentic
Gosner stage: 36
Total length: 73.018 mm
Body length: 30.372 mm
Tail length: 42.646 mm
Maximum body heigth: 20.062 mm
Maximum body width: 19.131 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 2.955 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: 16.921 mm
Eye diameter: 2.472 mm
Internostrial distance: 7.404 mm
Interorbital distance: 13.345 mm
Maximum height of tail: 13.926 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 5.682 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 3.926 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 5.764 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 4.887 mm
Oral disc width: 6.161 mm
Position of oral disc: anteroventral
Disc emarginated: no
LKRF: 5(2-5)/5(1-4)
Anterior keradont rows: 5
Posterior keradont rows: 5
Anterior gaps: yes
Anterior rows with gaps: 4
Posterior gaps: yes
Posterior rows with gaps: 4
Relative length of anterior rows: 2>3>4>5>1
Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3>4>5
Anterior papillae: 1
Posterior papillae: 1b
MPRF: (1)/1-2/1-2
Shape of marginal papillae: triangular
Submarginal papillae: no
Jaw sheaths present: yes
Jaw sheaths serrated: finely
Upper jaw sheath shape: moderately arched
Lower jaw sheath shape: boradly v
Thickness of jaw sheaths: massive
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: dorsolaterally
Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally
Shape of nostrils: ovoid
Nostrils with structure: no
Position of eyes: laterally
Direction of eyes: laterally
Position of spiracle: lss
Shape of spiracle: slight ridge
Position of vent tube: medial a
Shape of vent tube: medial
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: yes
Margin of ventral fin: a
Margin of dorsal fin: f
Tail tip: triangular
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