AnAge entry for Thamnophis marcianus
Classification (HAGRID: 03032)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
- Species
- Thamnophis marcianus
- Common name
- Checkered garter snake
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7 years
- Source
- ref. 759
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals reach sexual maturity in their second year of life [0759].
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
- [0759] Robert et al. (2007), Testing the 'free radical theory of aging' hypothesis: physiological differences in long-lived and short-lived colubrid snakes (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174144
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 35010
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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