AnAge entry for Anaxyrus terrestris
Classification (HAGRID: 00045)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
- Species
- Anaxyrus terrestris
- Common name
- Southern toad
- Synonyms
- Bufo terrestris, Rana terrestris, Buffo clamosus, Rana lentiginosa, Bufo erythronotus, Bufo lentiginosus pachycephalus, Bufo lentiginosus lentiginosus, Bufo clamosus, Bufo lentiginosus, Telmatobius lentiginosus, Chilophryne lentiginosa, Incilius lentiginosus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 3 days
- Metamorphosis
- 46 days
- Clutch size
- 3,250 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 19.267 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 288ºK or 14.9ºC or 58.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0070 W
- Body mass
- 19.2 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000364 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 773531
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 47559
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google