AnAge entry for Salamandrina perspicillata
Salamandrina perspicillata is a species with negligible senescence
Classification (HAGRID: 04628)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Genus: Salamandrina
- Species
- Salamandrina perspicillata
- Common name
- Northern spectacled salamander
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- Not yet available
- MRDT
- No MRDT detected
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
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 has negligible senescence [1383].
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1383] Cayuela et al. (2019), Slow life-history strategies are associated with negligible actuarial senescence in western Palaearctic salamanders (PubMed)
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