AnAge entry for Spea intermontana
Classification (HAGRID: 00129)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Scaphiopodidae
Genus: Spea
- Species
- Spea intermontana
- Common name
- Great Basin spadefoot
- Synonyms
- Scaphiopus intermontanus, Scaphiopus hammondii intermontanus, Scaphiopus hammondi intermontanus, Spea hammondii intermontana
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 20 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 437
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
While the average longevity of this animal is certainly much shorter, it has been suggested that dormant animals may have survived over 20 years in the arid Imperial Valley [0437].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Incubation
- 3 days
- Metamorphosis
- 50 days
- Clutch size
- 676 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 206991
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 233780
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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