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Species: Rhacophorus nigropalmatus

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Species: Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
Genus: Rhacophorus
Family: Rhacophoridae
Species in Frost database: Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
ID information: KX398907.1 / zmh565F
NCBI name: Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic, nektonic
Collector: A. Haas, C. Lee, Y. Siew Teck
Country: Malaysia
Locality 1: Sarawak
Locality 2: Belaga
Coordinate 1: 2.22371
Coordinate 2: 113.70086
Aquatic habitat: lentic
Gosner stage: 38
Total length: 55.748 mm
Body length: 20.2 mm
Tail length: 35.548 mm
Maximum body heigth: 11.241 mm
Maximum body width: 13.417 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 1.725 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: 11.564 mm
Eye diameter: 1.99 mm
Internostrial distance: 3.356 mm
Interorbital distance: 6.838 mm
Maximum height of tail: 10.869 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 3.288 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 2.953 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 5.31 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 4.82 mm
Oral disc width: 3.422 mm
Position of oral disc: anteroventral
Disc emarginated: laterally
LKRF: 7(2-7)/3
Anterior keradont rows: 7
Posterior keradont rows: 3
Anterior gaps: yes
Anterior rows with gaps: 6
Posterior gaps: no
Posterior rows with gaps: 0
Relative length of anterior rows: 2>3>1=4>5>6>7
Relative length of posterior rows: 2>1>3
Anterior papillae: 1
Posterior papillae: 1-2
MPRF: (1)/1/(1-2)
Shape of marginal papillae: triangular
Submarginal papillae: yes
Jaw sheaths present: yes
Jaw sheaths serrated: clearly
Upper jaw sheath shape: moderately arched
Lower jaw sheath shape: broadly v
Thickness of jaw sheaths: medium
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: anterodorsal
Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally
Shape of nostrils: round
Nostrils with structure: half torus
Position of eyes: laterally
Direction of eyes: laterally
Position of spiracle: lss
Shape of spiracle: wall absent
Position of vent tube: medial a
Shape of vent tube: medial
Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: b
Lateral line system visible: yes
Position of lateral line system: laterally, dorsally
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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