AnAge entry for Desmognathus quadramaculatus
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Desmognathus
- Species
- Desmognathus quadramaculatus
- Common name
- Black-bellied salamander
- Synonyms
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Salamandra quadra-maculata, Desmognathus quadramaculatus amphileucus, Salamandra quadramaculata, Desmognathus quadramaculatus quadramaculatus, Salamandra maculoquadrata
- Maximum longevity
- 15 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,280 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,280 days
- Incubation
- Metamorphosis
- Clutch size
- 25 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 14.34 g
- Typical body temperature
- 288ºK or 14.9ºC or 58.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0041 W
- Body mass
- 14.1 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000291 W/g
- [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
- [0468] John Behler and F. King (1979), The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
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- ITIS 173642
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- Taxonomy ID 52105
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