AnAge entry for Mantella expectata
Classification (HAGRID: 00076)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Mantella
- Species
- Mantella expectata
- Common name
- Blue-legged mantella
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 3 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1060
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals have a short lifespan and have been estimated to live up to 3 years [1060].
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
- [1060] Guarino et al. (2010), Rapid sexual maturity and short life span in the blue-legged frog and the rainbow frog from the arid Isalo Massif, southern-central Madagascar (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 664036
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 143428
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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