AnAge entry for Malaclemys terrapin
Classification (HAGRID: 03706)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Malaclemys
- Species
- Malaclemys terrapin
- Common name
- Diamondback terrapin
- Synonyms
- Testudo terrapin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
One animal lived 14.1 years in captivity [0451]. Lifespan is probably underestimated, though, with anecdotal reports of one animal living over 40 years in captivity [0528].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,190 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 910 days
- Incubation
- 84 days
- Clutch size
- 9 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 720 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 297ºK or 24.0ºC or 75.2ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.1407 W
- Body mass
- 720.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000195 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0468] John Behler and F. King (1979), The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173780
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8485
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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