AnAge entry for Chrysemys picta
Classification (HAGRID: 03692)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Chrysemys
- Species
- Chrysemys picta
- Common name
- Painted turtle
- Synonyms
- Testudo picta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 61 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 6
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One field study failed to find statistical differences between the mortality rates and reproductive outputs of young and old painted turtles [0006]. However, in one study on >1000 wild painted turtles successful reproduction and survival declined with age in females. Despite high reproductive output, the produced eggs had reduced hatching success. These findings were attributed to possible human disruption [1187].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,750 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,642 days
- Adult weight
- 371.8 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 290ºK or 16.4ºC or 61.4ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.0236 W
- Body mass
- 400.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000059 W/g
References
- [1187] Warner et al. (2016), Decades of field data reveal that turtles senesce in the wild (PubMed)
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0927] Schwanz et al. (2011), State-dependent physiological maintenance in a long-lived ectotherm, the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) (PubMed)
- [0006] Congdon et al. (2003), Testing hypotheses of aging in long-lived painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) (PubMed)
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0527] Castanet (1994), Age estimation and longevity in reptiles (PubMed)
- [0371] Claussen and Zani (1991), Allometry of cooling, supercooling, and freezing in the freeze-tolerant turtle Chrysemys picta (PubMed)
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173783
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8479
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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