AnAge entry for Apalone spinifera
Classification (HAGRID: 03418)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
- Species
- Apalone spinifera
- Common name
- Spiny softshell turtle
- Synonyms
- Trionyx spiniferus, Trionyx ferox spinifera, Amyda ferox spinifera
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 25.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One wild caught animal was estimated as being 53 years old [0528].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0485] Andrew Snider and J. Bowler (1992), Longevity of Reptiles and Amphibians in North American Collections, Second Edition
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 208680
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 55534
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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