AnAge entry for Trachemys scripta
Classification (HAGRID: 03715)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Testudines (Taxon entry)
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Trachemys
- Species
- Trachemys scripta
- Common name
- Common slider
- Synonyms
- Chrysemys scripta
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 41.3 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild these animals live up to 30 years. Studies in the wild failed to find any increase in mortality with age [0527].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 2,920 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- 75 days
- Clutch size
- 13 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 240 g
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 297ºK or 23.9ºC or 74.9ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 0.1157 W
- Body mass
- 240.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000482 W/g
References
- [1102] Zimmerman et al. (2013), Humoral immune responses are maintained with age in a long-lived ectotherm, the red-eared slider turtle (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)
- [0468] John Behler and F. King (1979), The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173819
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 34903
- Entrez
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