AnAge entry for Ambystoma macrodactylum
Classification (HAGRID: 00132)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
- Species
- Ambystoma macrodactylum
- Common name
- Long-toed salamander
- Synonyms
- Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum, Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum, Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum, Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei, Amblystoma krausei, Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum, Ambystoma macrodactyla, Amblystoma epixanthum, Ambystoma stejnegeri, Ambystoma croceum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 437
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Their life history depends greatly on temperature. In the wild, they live up to 10 years [0437].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 40 days
- Metamorphosis
- Clutch size
- 250 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173601
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43111
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