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Species: Staurois natator

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Species: Staurois natator
Genus: Staurois
Family: Ranidae
Species in Frost database: Staurois natator
ID information: AB259726.1 / zmh282P
NCBI name: Staurois natator
Ecomorphological guild (s): burrower
Collector: A. Haas
Country: Malaysia
Locality 1: Sabah
Locality 2: Tenghilan
Coordinate 1: no data
Coordinate 2: no data
Aquatic habitat: lotic
Gosner stage: 34
Total length: 38.30 mm
Body length: 10.977 mm
Tail length: 27.324 mm
Maximum body heigth: 4.212 mm
Maximum body width: 5.773 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 1.061 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: - mm
Eye diameter: - mm
Internostrial distance: - mm
Interorbital distance: 2.388 mm
Maximum height of tail: 5.296 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 1.396 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 1.453 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 3.054 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 3.013 mm
Oral disc width: 3.437 mm
Position of oral disc: anteroventral
Disc emarginated: no
LKRF: 2(2)/10(1)
Anterior keradont rows: 2
Posterior keradont rows: 10
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: 2>1=3>4>5>6>7>8>9>10
Anterior papillae: 0
Posterior papillae: 1
MPRF: 0/1/1
Shape of marginal papillae: blunt
Submarginal papillae: no
Jaw sheaths present: yes
Jaw sheaths serrated: finely
Upper jaw sheath shape: moderately arched
Lower jaw sheath shape: broadly v
Thickness of jaw sheaths: medium
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: anterolateral
Direction of nostrils: anterolaterally
Shape of nostrils: ovoid
Nostrils with structure: torus
Position of eyes: dorsolaterally
Direction of eyes: dorsolaterally
Position of spiracle: msl
Shape of spiracle: slight ridge
Position of vent tube: medial a
Shape of vent tube: medial
Attachment of vent tube to ventral fin: a
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: e
Tail tip: round
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