AnAge entry for Pseudotriton ruber
Classification (HAGRID: 00179)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudotriton
- Species
- Pseudotriton ruber
- Common name
- Red salamander
- Synonyms
- Pseudotriton ruber ruber, Salamandra rubra, Pseudotriton ruber nitidus, Pseudotriton ruber schencki, Spelerpes ruber schencki, Pseudotriton ruber vioscai, Salamandra subfusca, Triton ruber, Triton rubra, Molge rubra, Pseudotriton subfuscus, Mycetoglossus subfuscus, Batrachopsis subfuscus, Spelerpes rubra, Mycetoglossus ruber, Pseudotriton rubrum, Bolitoglossa rubra, Salamandra brevicauda, Spelerpes ruber, Amblystoma brevicauda, Geotriton rubra, Spelerpes schencki, Eurycea rubra, Gyrinophilus warneri, Spelerpes ruber ruber, Eurycea rubra rubra, Eurycea rubra schencki
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20.1 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- 75 days
- Metamorphosis
- 988 days
- Clutch size
- 80 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0485] Andrew Snider and J. Bowler (1992), Longevity of Reptiles and Amphibians in North American Collections, Second Edition
- [0749] AmphibiaWeb
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173680
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 134762
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