AnAge entry for Dicamptodon ensatus
Classification (HAGRID: 00140)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Dicamptodon
- Species
- Dicamptodon ensatus
- Common name
- California giant salamander
- Synonyms
- Triton ensatus, Plethodon ensatus, Ambystoma ensatum
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 16.9 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 150 days
- Metamorphosis
- 690 days
- Clutch size
- 85 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173743
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43477
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google