AnAge entry for Spalerosophis diadema
Classification (HAGRID: 03386)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Spalerosophis
- Species
- Spalerosophis diadema
- Common name
- Diadem snake, or Diademed snake
- Synonyms
- Coluber diadema
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 17 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 485
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These animals reach sexual maturity in their second year of life [0759].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 547 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 547 days
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0759] Robert et al. (2007), Testing the 'free radical theory of aging' hypothesis: physiological differences in long-lived and short-lived colubrid snakes (PubMed)
- [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 1082361
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 166084
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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