AnAge entry for Ambystoma maculatum
Classification (HAGRID: 00111)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
- Species
- Ambystoma maculatum
- Common name
- Spotted salamander
- Synonyms
- Lacerta maculatum, Lacerta subviolacea, Lacerta maculata
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 32 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 290ºK or 16.9ºC or 62.3ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0050 W
- Body mass
- 12.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000391 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173590
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43114
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google