AnAge entry for Lithobates sylvaticus
Classification (HAGRID: 00114)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
- Species
- Lithobates sylvaticus
- Common name
- Wood frog
- Synonyms
- Rana sylvatica, Rana sylvatica sylvatica, Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis, Rana maslini, Rana cantabrigensis, Rana cantabridgensis latiremis, Rana cantabrigensis evittata, Rana pennsylvanica, Rana pensylvanica, Rana silvatica, Rana temporaria silvatica, Rana temporaria cantabrigensis, Rana temporaria sylvatica, Rana cantabridgensis cantabridgensis, Rana sylvatica latiremis, Rana sylvatica cherokiana
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 5 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Questionable
- Observations
The wood frog is fascinating because it may spend winter with over 50% of its body frozen and no heartbeat or breathing. Their maximum longevity could be underestimated due to lack of precise data. In the wild these animals rarely live more than 3 years [0528].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 912 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 547 days
- Incubation
- Metamorphosis
- 98 days
- Clutch size
- 900 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 7.88 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 290ºK or 16.7ºC or 62.0ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0042 W
- Body mass
- 7.8 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000533 W/g
References
- [0289] Hermes-Lima and Zenteno-Savin (2002), Animal response to drastic changes in oxygen availability and physiological oxidative stress (PubMed)
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0340] Costanzo and Lee (1991), Freeze-thaw injury in erythrocytes of the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica (PubMed)
- [0043] The Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 775117
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
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- Ageing Literature
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