AnAge entry for Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Classification (HAGRID: 00123)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: Cryptobranchus
- Species
- Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
- Common name
- Hellbender
- Synonyms
- Salamandra alleganiensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 29 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 528
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
This is a relatively long-lived species, and some estimates indicate these animals may live over 30 years in the wild [0528].
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
- 288ºK or 14.9ºC or 58.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0253 W
- Body mass
- 358.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000071 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0440] New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173587
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43048
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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