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Oldest reptiles

Our survey question asking about the age of your long-lived reptiles and amphibians produced some fascinating and encouraging results. Here are just a few of the oldest reptiles reported by respondents to our 2025 survey.  

Gila monster Heloderma suspectum

SNAKES

  • KAYAUDI DWARF RETICULATED PYTHON | 45 YRS
    Malayopython reticulatus jampeanus | USA, Pennsylvania

  • ROYAL PYTHON | 45 YRS
    Python regius | UK

  • CALIFORNIA KINGSNAKE | 40 YRS
    Lampropeltis californiae | USA, Pennsylvania

  • ROSY BOA | 40 YRS
    Lichanura trivirgata | USA, California

  • ROUGH-SCALED SAND BOA | 40 YRS
    Eryx conicus | USA, Alabama

  • SPOTTED PYTHON | 40 YRS
    Antaresia maculosa | USA, Michigan

  • RED-TAILED BOA CONSTRICTOR | 39 YRS
    Boa constrictor | USA, Tennessee

  • COMMON BOA CONSTRICTOR | 34 YRS
    Boa imperator | UK

  • CORN SNAKE | 34 YRS
    Pantherophis guttatus | USA, Virginia

  • CUBAN BOA | 34 YRS
    Chilabothrus angulifer | UK

  • WESTERN HOGNOSE | 34 YRS
    Heterodon nasicus | UK

  • FALSE WATER COBRA | 30 YRS
    Hydrodynastes gigas | UK

  • JAPANESE RAT SNAKE | 30 YRS
    Elaphe climacophora | UK

  • MADAGASCAR GROUND BOA | 30 YRS
    Acrantophis madagascarensis | USA, Texas

  • MANGSHAN PIT VIPER | 30 YRS
    Protobothrops mangahanensis | Germany

  • SOUTHERN SMOOTH SNAKE | 30 YRS
    Coronella girondica | Germany

LIZARDS

  • RHINOCEROS IGUANA | 47 YRS
    Cyclura cornutas | UK

  • ISLE OF PINES NEW CALEDONIAN GIANT GECKO | 45 YRS
    Rhacodactylus leachianus henkeli | Spain

  • TENERIFE WALL GECKO | 37 YRS
    Lichanura trivirgata | Netherlands

  • AUSTRALIAN WATER DRAGON | 36 YRS
    Intellagama lesueurii | Netherlands

  • MOROCCAN UROMASTYX | 35 YRS
    Uromastyx nigriventris | UK

  • BLUE-TONGUE SKINK | 34 YRS
    Tiliqua scincoides | Netherlands

  • COMMON LEOPARD GECKO | 33 YRS
    Eublepharis macularius | USA, California

  • INDONESIAN BLUE-TONGUE SKINK | 32 YRS
    Tiliqua gigas gigas | USA, New York

  • GILA MONSTER | 31 YRS
    Heloderma suspectum | South Africa

  • GREEN IGUANA | 30 YRS
    Iguana iguana | Sweden

  • ORNATE UROMASTYX | 30 YRS
    Uromastyx ornata | USA, Pennsylvania

TURTLES AND TORTOISES

  • ALGERIAN SPUR-THIGH TORTOISE | 120 YRS
    Testudo graeca whitei | UK

  • GREEK SPUR-THIGH TORTOISE | 119 YRS
    Testudo graeca graeca | UK

  • WESTERN HERMANN'S TORTOISE | 116 YRS
    Testudo hermanni hermanni | UK

  • GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE | 110 YRS
    Chelonoidis niger ssp. | USA, Florida

  • EASTERN BOX TURTLE | 100 YRS
    Terrapene carolina carolinas | Germany

  • RADIATED TORTOISE | 100 YRS
    Astrochelys radiata | Ireland

  • EASTERN HERMANN'S TORTOISE | 90 YRS
    Testudo hermanni boettgeri | UK

  • ALDABRA GIANT TORTOISE | 85 YRS
    Aldabrachelys gigantea | USA, Florida

FROGS AND TOADS

  • WHITE'S TREE FROG | 39 YRS
    Litoria caerulea | Australia

  • CANE TOAD | 35 YRS
    Rhinella marina | UK

  • ORNATE HORNED FROG | 33 YRS
    Ceratophrys ornata | Sweden

  • AFRICAN CLAWED FROG | 27 YRS
    Xenopus laevis | Belgium

  • ORIENTAL FIRE-BELLIED TOAD | 20 YRS
    Bombina orientalis | USA, New Jersey

African clawed frog Xenopus laevis