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Species: Leptobrachium montanum

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Species: Leptobrachium montanum
Genus: Leptobrachium
Family: Megophryidae
Species in Frost database: Leptobrachium montanum
ID information: AY523767.1 / zmh272F
NCBI name: Leptobrachium montanum
Ecomorphological guild (s): benthic
Collector: A. Haas & I. Das
Country: Malaysia
Locality 1: Sabah
Locality 2: Tenghilan
Coordinate 1: no data
Coordinate 2: no data
Aquatic habitat: lotic
Gosner stage: 36
Total length: 78.015 mm
Body length: 25.583 mm
Tail length: 52.432 mm
Maximum body heigth: 13.497 mm
Maximum body width: 15.479 mm
Snout-nostril-distance: 3.272 mm
Snout-spiraculum-distance: 14.417 mm
Eye diameter: 2.655 mm
Internostrial distance: 5.054 mm
Interorbital distance: 9.022 mm
Maximum height of tail: 13.354 mm
Maximum heigth of dorsal fin: 4.254 mm
Maximum heigth of ventral fin: 3.456 mm
Maximum height of tail muscle: 8.855 mm
Maximum width of tail muscle: 8.023 mm
Oral disc width: 4.841 mm
Position of oral disc: anteroventral
Disc emarginated: no
LKRF: 6(2-6)/6(1-5)
Anterior keradont rows: 6
Posterior keradont rows: 6
Anterior gaps: yes
Anterior rows with gaps: 5
Posterior gaps: yes
Posterior rows with gaps: 5
Relative length of anterior rows: 4>3=5>6>2>1
Relative length of posterior rows: 3>2=4>1>5>6
Anterior papillae: 1
Posterior papillae: 1
MPRF: 1/1/1
Shape of marginal papillae: triangular
Submarginal papillae: yes
Jaw sheaths present: yes
Jaw sheaths serrated: heavily
Upper jaw sheath shape: moderately arched
Lower jaw sheath shape: v
Thickness of jaw sheaths: massive
Nostrils present: yes
Position of nostrils: anterodorsal
Direction of nostrils: anterodorsally
Shape of nostrils: ovoid
Nostrils with structure: torus
Position of eyes: laterally
Direction of eyes: laterally
Position of spiracle: mss
Shape of spiracle: free from body
Position of vent tube: dextral b
Shape of vent tube: displaced anteriorly and dorsally
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: no
Margin of ventral fin: a
Margin of dorsal fin: a
Tail tip: triangular
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