Ball python lifespan and age in human years
Longest recorded 47.5 years
🏆 The longest-lived ball python on record reached 47.5 years in captivity.
Ball python (Python regius). The oldest known individual lived 47.5 years; this chart maps that record to a human age of 120. Most individuals live considerably shorter lives than the record.
- Reaches adulthood at about 5 years
- Adult weight about 8.86 kg
- Incubation about 77 days
- About 7 eggs at a time
How old in human years?
Age
Ball python age chart in human years
Shaded rows are equivalent to human age 60+.
| Ball python | Human age | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 yr | 18 | Teen |
| 10 yr | 30 | Adult |
| 15 yr | 42 | Middle age |
| 20 yr | 54 | Middle age |
| 25 yr | 66 | Senior |
| 30 yr | 78 | Elderly |
| 35 yr | 90 | Elderly |
| 40 yr | 102 | Elderly |
| 45 yr | 114 | Elderly |
| 50 yr | 126 | Elderly |
| 55 yr | 138 | Elderly |
Ball python profile
| Classification | Reptilia > Squamata > Pythonidae |
|---|---|
| Scientific name | Python regius |
| Adult weight | about 8.9 kg |
| Age of maturity | 5 years |
| Incubation | about 77 days |
| Litter / clutch size | 7 |
| Longest recorded | 47.5 years (captivity) |
Sources
How we convert ages: method.
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