Table 5. Measurements of specimens of Potamotyrgon amandae analyzed in this study, including the holotype (A) MZUSP 110910. Mean (x) and Standard Deviation (SD) are expressed in proportions of disc width (% DW), and range is expressed in millimeters (mm) and proportions of disc width (% DW). Clasper measurements were taken only from adult specimens.
A n Range x SD
mm %DW mm %DW %DW %DW
Disc width 341 37 192 - 341
Disc length 380 111.4 37 208 - 380 105.5 - 121.4 110.3 3.0
Total length 592 173.6 32 356 - 592 138.2 - 199.6 177.7 13.4
Interorbital distance 51 15.0 37 26 - 51 11.5 - 16.9 14.8 1.2
Interspiracular distance 62 18.2 37 37 - 62 17.2 - 21.4 19.2 1.3
Preorbital distance 80 23.5 35 47 - 85 21.1 - 26.5 23.4 1.3
Eye diameter 15 4.4 37 11 - 16 3.8 - 6.9 4.9 0.6
Spriracular length 29 8.5 37 13 - 34 8.2 - 12.8 10.1 1.0
Prenasal distance 51 15.0 37 26 - 51 11.8 - 16.8 14.0 1.2
Preoral distance 71 20.8 37 37 - 71 16.5 - 23.1 20.2 1.5
Internasal distance 26 7.6 37 14 - 28 6.6 - 9.6 7.9 0.7
Mouth width 28 8.2 37 15 - 30 7.0 - 11.7 8.8 1.1
Space between 1st branchial slits 86 25.2 37 47 - 86 22.9 - 29.5 25.4 1.6
Space between 5th branchial slits 64 18.8 37 32 - 64 16.6 - 20.9 17.9 1.1
Branchial basket length 58 17.0 37 32 - 58 16.1 - 20.0 17.3 1.0
Length ant. margin of pelvic fin 91 26.7 37 40 - 91 18.6 - 27.2 23.1 2.0
Pelvic fins width 180 52.8 37 100 - 192 48.0 - 64.6 57.8 3.9
Length ext. margin of clasper - - 9 26 - 40 10.0 - 13.9 12.3 1.2
Length int. margin of clasper - - 9 57 - 83 23.2 - 26.7 25.6 1.0
Cloaca to tip tail 256 75.1 32 163 - 270 54.5 - 102.3 82.1 11.5
Tail width between pectoral insertions 45 13.2 37 16 - 45 7.2 - 13.6 11.0 1.4
Snout to cloaca 312 91.5 37 168 - 312 84.0 - 114.6 89.8 4.7
Distance between pectoral axil and posterior margin of pelvic fin 40 11.7 37 18 - 60 8.4 - 20.7 13.1 2.2
Cloaca to serrated-spine 149 43.7 33 80 - 164 38.6 - 56.8 45.6 4.8
Caudal sting length 81 23.8 29 38 - 81 13.9 - 28.8 22.1 3.5
Caudal sting width 8 2.3 31 3 – 8 1.3 - 2.9 1.9 0.3
Dorsal pseudosiphon - - 8 7 - 12 2.3 - 5.2 3.1 0.8
Ventral pseudosiphon - - 8 21 - 26 7.1 - 10.3 9.0 1.0