AnAge entry for Eumeces obsoletus
Classification (HAGRID: 03194)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eumeces
- Species
- Eumeces obsoletus
- Common name
- Great Plains skink
- Synonyms
- Plestiodon obsoletum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Small
- 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
- 300ºK or 27.4ºC or 81.2ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0206 W
- Body mass
- 30.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000687 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173968
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google