AnAge entry for Hyla versicolor
Classification (HAGRID: 00078)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
- Species
- Hyla versicolor
- Common name
- Gray treefrog
- Synonyms
- Hyla versicolor versicolor, Hyla versicolor phaeocrypta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 7.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 543
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One gray treefrog lived 7.8 years in captivity but it is not clear whether it was a specimen of this species or of the Cope's gray treefrog (/Hyla chrysoscelis/). Given the longevity of similar species, however, it is likely that maximum longevity of these animals is higher.
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 4 days
- Metamorphosis
- 25 days
- Clutch size
- 1,800 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 7.2 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 290ºK or 17.4ºC or 63.2ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0043 W
- Body mass
- 7.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000621 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0543] Nigrelli (1954), Some longevity records for vertebrates
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173503
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 30343
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