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Species: Ptychohyla salvadorensis

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Species: Ptychohyla salvadorensis
Genus: Ptychohyla
Family: Hylidae
Species in Frost database: Ptychohyla salvadorensis
ID information: MK176954.1 / smf43056
NCBI name: Duellmanohyla salvadorensis
Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, suctorial
Collector: R. Mertens
Country: El Salvador
Locality 1: Santa Ana
Locality 2: Metapan-Mountain
Coordinate 1: n.a.
Coordinate 2: n.a.
Aquatic habitat: lotic
Gosner stage: 37
Total length: 44.744 mm
Body length: 13.384 mm
Tail length: 31.36 mm
Maximum body heigth: 7.388 mm
Maximum body width: 9.539 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 1.281 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: 9.067 mm
Eye diameter: 1.828 mm
Internostrial distance: 4.164 mm
Interorbital distance: 6.233 mm
Maximum height of tail: 6.915 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 2.201 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.866 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 4.042 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 4.117 mm
Oral disc width: 4.458 mm
Position of oral disc: ventral
Disc emarginated: no
LKRF: 2(2)/4(1)
Anterior keradont rows: 2
Posterior keradont rows: 4
Anterior gaps: yes
Anterior rows with gaps: 1
Posterior gaps: yes
Posterior rows with gaps: 1
Relative length of anterior rows: 1=2
Relative length of posterior rows: 1>2>3>4
Anterior papillae: 2b
Posterior papillae: 2-3
MPRF: 2/2/2-3
Shape of marginal papillae: conical
Submarginal papillae: yes
Jaw sheaths present: yes
Jaw sheaths serrated: clearly
Upper jaw sheath shape: broadly arched
Lower jaw sheath shape: v
Thickness of jaw sheaths: slender
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: anterolateral
Direction of nostrils: anteriorly
Shape of nostrils: round
Nostrils with structure: no
Position of eyes: laterally
Direction of eyes: laterally
Position of spiracle: msl
Shape of spiracle: wall absent
Position of vent tube: medial b
Shape of vent tube: displaced anteriorly and dorsally
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: a
Tail tip: triangular
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