AnAge entry for Lyciasalamandra fazilae
Classification (HAGRID: 00190)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Lyciasalamandra
- Species
- Lyciasalamandra fazilae
- Common name
- Fazila's salamander
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 10 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 1383
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Recapture studies have shown that these salamanders can live up to 10 years. Additionally, while survivability was found to decrease with age, the mortality rate was found to be constant with age, implying that this species might exhibit negligible senescence [1383].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,096 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,096 days
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Metamorphosis
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1383] Cayuela et al. (2019), Slow life-history strategies are associated with negligible actuarial senescence in western Palaearctic salamanders (PubMed)
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