Reptiles & amphibians: lifespans of 127 species
Lifespan and human-age chart for 127 reptiles & amphibians. Tap a name for details.
Red-eared sliderLifespan about 25 years
Reeves' turtleLifespan about 25 years
Tortoise (Hermann's, Greek, etc.)Lifespan about 60 years
Leopard geckoLifespan about 15 years
Bearded dragonLifespan about 9 years
Ball pythonLifespan about 20 years
Corn snakeLifespan about 15 years
AxolotlLifespan about 11 years
Pacman frog (horned frog)Lifespan about 10 years
Japanese firebelly newtLifespan up to 25 years (record)
Japanese rat snakeLifespan up to 13.1 years (record)
Japanese mamushiLifespan up to 13.8 years (record)
AxolotlLifespan up to 17 years (record)
Japanese giant salamanderLifespan up to 55 years (record)
Black mambaLifespan up to 26.2 years (record)
Japanese four-lined ratsnakeLifespan up to 16.8 years (record)
King cobraLifespan up to 22.5 years (record)
Saltwater crocodileLifespan up to 57 years (record)
Japanese treefrogLifespan up to 8.9 years (record)
Japanese pond turtleLifespan up to 16.2 years (record)
Tokay geckoLifespan up to 23.5 years (record)
Black-spotted frogLifespan up to 15 years (record)
Green anacondaLifespan up to 31.8 years (record)
Coastal taipan, or TaipanLifespan up to 15.6 years (record)
Frilled lizardLifespan up to 9.9 years (record)
Nile crocodileLifespan up to 56 years (record)
Ball pythonLifespan up to 47.5 years (record)
Surinam toadLifespan up to 7.7 years (record)
American alligatorLifespan up to 77 years (record)
Indian cobraLifespan up to 32.3 years (record)
Common green iguanaLifespan up to 19.8 years (record)
Puff adderLifespan up to 15.8 years (record)
Pignose turtleLifespan up to 38.4 years (record)
Saw-scaled viperLifespan up to 23.8 years (record)
GharialLifespan up to 59 years (record)
BoomslangLifespan up to 8.7 years (record)
Chinese alligatorLifespan up to 65 years (record)
African fat-tailed geckoLifespan up to 16.2 years (record)
Green anoleLifespan up to 7.2 years (record)
Brown tree snakeLifespan up to 13.1 years (record)
Russell's viperLifespan up to 15 years (record)
Labord's chameleonLifespan up to 16 months (record)
Okinawan habuLifespan up to 19 years (record)
African spurred tortoiseLifespan up to 54.3 years (record)
African clawed frogLifespan up to 30.3 years (record)
Marine iguanaLifespan up to 6.4 years (record)
European fire salamanderLifespan up to 24 years (record)
Common death adderLifespan up to 9.3 years (record)
Cane toadLifespan up to 24.8 years (record)
Spectacled caimanLifespan up to 40 years (record)
Goliath frogLifespan up to 5.9 years (record)
Gaboon viperLifespan up to 18 years (record)
American crocodileLifespan up to 47 years (record)
Boa constrictorLifespan up to 40.4 years (record)
Strawberry poison frogLifespan up to 7.5 years (record)
Black caimanLifespan up to 40 years (record)
OlmLifespan up to 102 years (record)
Yellow-margined box turtleLifespan up to 19.1 years (record)
StinkpotLifespan up to 54.8 years (record)
Terciopelo, or Fer-de-lanceLifespan up to 20.4 years (record)
Many-banded kraitLifespan up to 13.7 years (record)
Green mambaLifespan up to 18.8 years (record)
D'albert's pythonLifespan up to 18 years (record)
Mata mataLifespan up to 35.8 years (record)
Bosc's monitor and Savannah monitorLifespan up to 12.7 years (record)
Brown newtLifespan up to 17.9 years (record)
Green tree pythonLifespan up to 20.6 years (record)
Eastern diamondback rattlesnakeLifespan up to 22.8 years (record)
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoiseLifespan up to 127 years (record)
Yellow pond turtleLifespan up to 22.1 years (record)
Siamese crocodileLifespan up to 49 years (record)
BushmasterLifespan up to 31.6 years (record)
Ringneck spitting cobraLifespan up to 13 years (record)
Japanese salamanderLifespan up to 12.9 years (record)
African rock pythonLifespan up to 27.3 years (record)
African bullfrogLifespan up to 45 years (record)
Ornate horned frogLifespan up to 14.7 years (record)
Iberian ribbed newtLifespan up to 19.5 years (record)
Green basiliskLifespan up to 13 years (record)
Gila monsterLifespan up to 28.9 years (record)
Orinoco crocodileLifespan up to 41 years (record)
Indian kraitLifespan up to 17.4 years (record)
SidewinderLifespan up to 27.3 years (record)
Western hognose snake, or Mexican hognose snakeLifespan up to 19.8 years (record)
Leopard tortoiseLifespan up to 30 years (record)
Emerald tree-boaLifespan up to 18.6 years (record)
Rhombic egg eater, or African egg-eating snakeLifespan up to 22.1 years (record)
Siberian salamanderLifespan up to 8 years (record)
Razor-backed musk turtle, or Keel-backed musk turtleLifespan up to 29.3 years (record)
Egyptian cobraLifespan up to 22.1 years (record)
Indian star tortoiseLifespan up to 24.3 years (record)
Common lanceheadLifespan up to 8.5 years (record)
Clouded salamanderLifespan up to 14.2 years (record)
Carpet pythonLifespan up to 19.6 years (record)
False gharialLifespan up to 24.7 years (record)
Pancake tortoiseLifespan up to 25.9 years (record)
Japanese clawed salamanderLifespan up to 14.2 years (record)
Paradox frogLifespan up to 11 years (record)
Big-headed turtleLifespan up to 27 years (record)
Dwarf caimanLifespan up to 24.1 years (record)
Mugger, or Marsh crocodileLifespan up to 44 years (record)
Mainland tiger snakeLifespan up to 14.1 years (record)
Chinese stripe-necked turtleLifespan up to 22.8 years (record)
Paraguayan anacondaLifespan up to 23.6 years (record)
Milk snakeLifespan up to 22.6 years (record)
Chinese water dragon, or Water dragonLifespan up to 15.3 years (record)
Northern palaearctic viperLifespan up to 19 years (record)
Radiated tortoiseLifespan up to 32.8 years (record)
Egyptian tortoiseLifespan up to 21 years (record)
West African dwarf crocodileLifespan up to 70 years (record)
Yellow-banded poison frogLifespan up to 11.5 years (record)
Indian pythonLifespan up to 34.2 years (record)
Panther chameleonLifespan up to 5.2 years (record)
Red-footed tortoiseLifespan up to 49 years (record)
Banded krait, or Red-headed kraitLifespan up to 13.2 years (record)
Brown snakeLifespan up to 7 years (record)
Guyana caiman lizardLifespan up to 9.3 years (record)
New Caledonia giant geckoLifespan up to 8.5 years (record)
Green and black dart-poison frogLifespan up to 20.5 years (record)
Red teguLifespan up to 10.8 years (record)
Cuban crocodileLifespan up to 48 years (record)
Tiger salamanderLifespan up to 25 years (record)
Rough-scaled plated lizardLifespan up to 24 years (record)
European glass lizard, or Armored glass lizardLifespan up to 54 years (record)
HellbenderLifespan up to 29 years (record)
Scrub pythonLifespan up to 13.8 years (record)
PerentieLifespan up to 19.7 years (record)