AnAge entry for Tiliqua scincoides
Classification (HAGRID: 03200)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tiliqua
- Species
- Tiliqua scincoides
- Common name
- Australian blue-tongued lizard
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Large
- 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
- 303ºK or 29.9ºC or 85.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.2127 W
- Body mass
- 493.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000431 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0448] Woodland Park Zoo
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 71010
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google