AnAge entry for Pseudis paradoxa
Classification (HAGRID: 00085)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudis
- Species
- Pseudis paradoxa
- Common name
- Paradox frog
- Synonyms
- Rana paradoxa, Rana piscatrix, Rana piscis, Proteus raninus, Rana jackia, Pseudes paradoxa, Pseudis merianae, Batrachythys paradoxa, Pseudis paradoxus, Pseudis paradoxus caribensis, Pseudis paradoxus nicefori, Pseudis paradoxa caribensis
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
This species is also known as the "shrinking frog" because animals shrink during their lifespan. Tadpoles are at least four times larger than adults. Nothing is known about their ageing process, though.
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 662731
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 43558
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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