AnAge entry for Apalone ferox
Classification (HAGRID: 03786)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Apalone
- Species
- Apalone ferox
- Common name
- Florida softshell turtle
- Synonyms
- Trionyx ferox, Testudo ferox, Testudo mollis, Testudo bartrami, Trionyx carinatus, Trionyx brongniarti
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 26.2 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
- 68 days
- Adult weight
- 23,463 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 208675
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 100213
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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