AnAge entry for Anaxyrus cognatus
Classification (HAGRID: 00040)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
- Species
- Anaxyrus cognatus
- Common name
- Great plains toad
- Synonyms
- Bufo cognatus, Chilophryne cognata, Incilius cognatus, Bufo dipternus, Bufo lentiginosus cognatus, Bufo cognatus cognatus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10.7 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
Longevity may be considerably underestimated.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 4 days
- Metamorphosis
- 35 days
- Clutch size
- 11,074 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0526] Kara (1994), Ageing in amphibians (PubMed)
- [0485] Andrew Snider and J. Bowler (1992), Longevity of Reptiles and Amphibians in North American Collections, Second Edition
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 773516
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30328
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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