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Necturus punctatus (Dwarf Waterdog)

Synonyms: Menobranchus punctatus; Necturus punctatus punctatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The dwarf waterdog (Necturus punctatus) is the smallest member of the family Proteidae, and is endemic to the United States.
View Wikipedia Record: Necturus punctatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
33
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 63.29
EDGE Score: 4.16
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  7 inches (18.9 cm)
Litter Size [2]  30
Litters / Year [1]  1
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  5 years
Male Maturity [2]  5 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Middle Atlantic coastal forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Southeastern mixed forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0