AnAge entry for Rhinella marina
Classification (HAGRID: 00055)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Rhinella
- Species
- Rhinella marina
- Common name
- Cane toad
- Synonyms
- Bufo marinus, Rana marina, Bufo brasiliensis, Bufo agua, Bufo horridus, Bufo humeralis, Bombinator maculatus, Bufo lazarus, Bufo albicans, Bufo pithecodactylus, Chaunus marinus, Rhinella marinus, Rana gigas, Rana humerisarmata, Bombinator horridus, Bufo maculiventris, Docidophryne lazarus, Bufo marinis, Bufo marinus fluminensis, Bufo marinus napensis, Bufo marinus marinus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 24.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In non-tropical tempered zones this toads may take 2 years to reach reproductive maturity [0749].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 365 days
- Incubation
- 2 days
- Metamorphosis
- 29 days
- Clutch size
- 10,000 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 106.25 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 293ºK or 19.9ºC or 67.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0303 W
- Body mass
- 105.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000289 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0485] Andrew Snider and J. Bowler (1992), Longevity of Reptiles and Amphibians in North American Collections, Second Edition
- [0296] Skipski and Scott (1985), Age-related changes in carbonic anhydrase of toad lens (PubMed)
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 773729
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8386
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