AnAge entry for Mecistops cataphractus
Classification (HAGRID: 03261)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Genus: Mecistops
- Species
- Mecistops cataphractus
- Common name
- African slender-snouted crocodile
- Synonyms
- Crocodylus cataphractus, Mecistops bennettii
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 56.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 4,566 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 4,566 days
- Incubation
- 75 days
- Adult weight
- 50,500 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [1298] Weigl (2014), Longevity of crocodilians in captivity
- [0485] Andrew Snider and J. Bowler (1992), Longevity of Reptiles and Amphibians in North American Collections, Second Edition
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 845140
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 184780
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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