AnAge entry for Salamandra salamandra
Salamandra salamandra is a species with negligible senescence
Classification (HAGRID: 00198)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Caudata
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandra
- Species
- Salamandra salamandra
- Common name
- European fire salamander
- Synonyms
- Lacerta salamandra, Salamandra candida, Salamandra maculosa, Salamandra terrestris, Gecko salamandra, Triton corthyphorus, Salamandra almanzoris, Salamandra maculosa nera, Salamandra maculosa pezzata, Salamandra maculosa europaea, Salamandra maculosa gallaica, Salamandra maculosa molleri, Salamandra maculosa nigriventris, Salamandra maculosa typica, Salamandra maculosa taeniata, Salamandra maculosa quadrivirgata, Salamandra maculosa coccinea, Salamandra maculosa speciosa, Salamandra salamandra gallaica, Salamandra salamandra molleri, Salamandra salamandra taeniata, Salamandra salamandra carpathica, Salamandra maculosa bejarae, Salamandra salamandra almanzoris, Salamandra salamandra albanica, Salamandra salamandra thuringica, Salamandra salamandra bejarae, Salamandra salamandra hispanica, Salamandra salamandra gigliolii, Salamandra salamandra fastuosa, Salamandra salamandra bernardezi, Salamandra salamandra beschkovi, Salamandra salamandra morenica, Salamandra salamandra alfredschmidti
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- Not yet available
- MRDT
- No MRDT detected
- Maximum longevity
- 24 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
Anecdotal evidence, which may or may not be true, suggests these animals may live up to 50 years. It is generally classified as viviparous.
Studies have shown that, while survivability was found to decrease with age, the mortality rate was found to be constant with age, implying that this species may exhibit negligible senescence [1383].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Metamorphosis
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Adult weight
- 19.1 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 288ºK or 14.9ºC or 58.7ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0086 W
- Body mass
- 19.1 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000449 W/g
References
- [1383] Cayuela et al. (2019), Slow life-history strategies are associated with negligible actuarial senescence in western Palaearctic salamanders (PubMed)
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 668396
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 57571
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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