Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Aw migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.2 ecozone: TPi food: biCv, biCi class:
MRE = 0.046 habitat: 0bTd, biFm, biFp, biFp, biFr gender: Dtfm order:
SMSE = 0.004 embryo: Tl reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 95 102.4 (0.0783) d age at birth ADW
tp 4562 4418 (0.03157) d time since birth at puberty for female ADW
am 2.048e+04 2.048e+04 (0.0001395) d life span AnAge
Lb 32.5 28.94 (0.1094) cm total length at birth ADW
Lp 200 226.2 (0.1312) cm total length at puberty ADW
Li 250 260.5 (0.04191) cm ultimate total length for female ADW
Lim 420 399.7 (0.04839) cm ultimate total length for male Wiki
Ww0 104.7 106 (0.01253) g initial wet weight Wiki
Wwi 6.85e+04 6.612e+04 (0.03468) g ultimate wet weight of female Wiki, ADW
Wwim 3.25e+05 3.297e+05 (0.01454) g ultimate wet weight of male Wiki
Ri 0.0411 0.0411 (7.472e-06) #/d reprod rate at 364 cm ADW

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Mecistops cataphractus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.03359 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.8666 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 18.57 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.0007104 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.7998 - growth efficiency
k 0.3 0.3002 - maintenance ratio

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only
  • In view of low somatic maintenance, pseudodata k_J = 0.002 1/d is replaced by pseudodata k = 0.3

Facts

  • temperature effects sex of neonate: below 30 C neonates are female and above 34 C male (Ref: Wiki)

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