Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: Cfb migrate: phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.5 ecozone: TA food: biCi, biCv class:
MRE = 0.095 habitat: 0iTg gender: Dtfm order:
SMSE = 0.104 embryo: Tt reprod: O family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 411.8 401.9 (0.02389) d age at birth Wiki
ap 5475 5471 (0.0006816) d age at puberty Wiki
am 3.65e+04 3.65e+04 (1.436e-05) d life span AnAge
Lb 10.5 10.62 (0.01169) cm total length at birth NelsThom2004
Li 45 43.1 (0.04227) cm ultimate total length of females Wiki
Lim 80 72.17 (0.09785) cm ultimate total length of males Wiki
Wwb 2.939 2.919 (0.006806) g wet weight at birth guess
Wwim 1300 1312 (0.009534) g ultimate wet weight of male Wiki
Ri 0.01233 0.003218 (0.739) #/d maximum reprod rate ADW

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
tL time since birth total length (0.02317) NelsThom2004

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Sphenodon punctatus Unit Description
v 0.02 0.00753 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.7934 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 18.02 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8 - growth efficiency

Discussion

  • Males are assumed to differ from females by {p_Am} only

Facts

  • Males are larger; temp 28C is lethal, active till 5C. Optimal 16-21C; prob on male or female is 0.5 at 21 C; >22C gives males (Ref: Wiki)

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