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10001	t1	VSPLIT		Receptor,Rod,Cone
10002	t1	RCPMODE		Rod,1
10003	t1	TSPLIT		Cone,LWS cone,SWS cone
10004	t1	OPSIN		LWS cone,530
10005	t1	TSPLIT		SWS cone,MWS cone,SWS1 cone
10006	t1	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,380
10008	t1	TSPLIT		MWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone
10009	t1	OPSIN		SWS2 cone,440
106382	t1	DSCOPP		643,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod
106383	t1	DISCOPP		10003,Rh2 cone
106384	t1	CONNOPP		10003,+,Rh2 cone
106385	t1	DSCOPP		10005,Rh2 cone
106386	t1	CONNOPP		10008,+,LWS cone
106387	t1	DSCOPP		10008,SWS2 cone
106388	t1	DISCOPP		10008,Rh2 cone
106389	t1	CONNOPP		10008,-,Rh2 cone
106412	t1	NAMEOPP		643,Luminance (photopic)
106413	t1	NAMEOPP		10001,Luminance (scotopic)
106416	t1	DELOPP		106390
106418	t1	CONNdhgOPP	10003,+,LWS cone
106438	t1	NAMEOPP		10003,Yellow-Blue
106439	t1	NAMEOPP		10005,Blue-UV
106440	t1	NAMEOPP		10008,Red-Green
1335409	t1	RCPACU		Cone,2
1335410	t1	RCPACU		Rod,.5
10007	t478	RCPNAME		Rod-like,Rod
106626	t478	GRADLVL		50
1335402	t478	RCPACU		LWS cone,Rh2 cone,5
1335403	t478	RCPACU		SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,1
1361559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
1561559	t478	RCPACU		Rod,2
106390	t159	VSPLIT		LWS cone,LWS cone,Double cone
106391	t159	SCRPIG		Double cone,408,445,150,2
106392	t159	DSCOPP		643,LWS cone,Rh2 cone
106393	t159	DSCOPP		10003,Double cone
106394	t159	DSCOPP		10008,Double cone
106630	t159	DISCOPP		10003,SWS1 cone
106673	t159	DELOPP		Luminance (photopic)2
106684	t159	DELOPP		106390Luminance (photopic)2
106685	t159	CONNOPP		10003,+,LWS cone
106373	t402	OPSIN		LWS cone,Double cone,565
106374	t402	PORPH		Double cone,LWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone,Rod,0
106375	t402	SCRPIG		LWS cone,530,600,270,5
106376	t402	OPSIN		Rh2 cone,505
106377	t402	OPSIN		SWS2 cone,440
106378	t402	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,360
106379	t402	SCRPIG		Rh2 cone,475,535,200,3
106380	t402	SCRPIG		SWS2 cone,408,440,100,1
106381	t402	NOSCRPIG	SWS1 cone
106632	t3	TSPLIT		Rod,Red rod,Green rod
106633	t3	OPSIN		Green rod,440
106635	t3	NOSCRPIG	LWS cone,Rh2 cone,SWS2 cone,SWS1 cone
106636	t3	CONNOPP		643,+,LWS cone
106641	t3	DISCOPP		10001,Green rod
1351525	t3	OPSIN		Double cone,0
1351565	t3	ACUITY		3
1561562	t3	RCPACU		Green rod,.3
106640	t121	CONNOPP		10003,-,SWS1 cone
1561561	t121	ACUITY		2.5
1891	s320	OPSIN		Red rod,491
1892	s320	OPSIN		Green rod,432
1893	s320	OPSIN		LWS cone,557
1894	s320	OPSIN		Rh2 cone,0
1895	s320	OPSIN		SWS2 cone,0
1896	s320	OPSIN		SWS1 cone,425
1897	s320	SCRPIGR		Red rod,0,0
1898	s320	SCRPIGR		Green rod,0,0
1899	s320	SCRPIGR		Red cone,0,0
1900	s320	SCRPIGR		Green cone,0,0
1901	s320	SCRPIGR		Blue cone,0,0
1902	s320	SCRPIGR		UV cone,0,0

Notes and References:

Paul Witkovsky, Joseph S. Levine, Gustav A. Engbretson, Guido Hassin, Edward F. MacNichol, A microspectrophotometric study of normal and artificial visual pigments in the photoreceptors of Xenopus, Vision Research, Volume 21, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 867-873, ISSN 0042-6989, doi:10.1016/0042-6989(81)90187-5.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q

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Receptor	Opsin λmax	Filter λmax	Filter λ50%	Recep. λmax
LWS cone	557nm			557nm
Red rod	491nm			491nm
Green rod	432nm			432nm
SWS1 cone	425nm			425nm

Description	(+) Terminus	(-) Terminus	Mode
Luminance (photopic)	LWS cone		Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)	Red rod		Scotopic
Green-Indigo 557nm - 480nm - 426nm	LWS cone	SWS1 cone	Photopic
Red rod - Green rod 504nm - 463nm - 423nm	Red rod	Green rod	Scotopic

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African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

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