AnAge entry for Terrapene carolina
Terrapene carolina is a species with negligible senescence
Classification (HAGRID: 03710)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
- Species
- Terrapene carolina
- Common name
- Eastern box turtle
- Synonyms
- Testudo carolina
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- Not yet available
- MRDT
- No MRDT detected
- Maximum longevity
- 138 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 543
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
These are animals with negligible senescence [0026]. In the wild, few animals live over 30-40 years but anecdotal evidence, which seems possible, suggests one animal may have lived up to 138 years in the wild [0543].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,190 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 2,190 days
- Adult weight
- 372 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0064] Henry (2003), The eastern box turtle at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 1940s to the present: another view (PubMed)
- [0026] Miller (2001), Escaping senescence: demographic data from the three-toed box turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) (PubMed)
- [0468] John Behler and F. King (1979), The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
- [0543] Nigrelli (1954), Some longevity records for vertebrates
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173776
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 158814
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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