I don't think it's well-studied, but I found a paper stating this:
Turtles and tuatara exhibited greater longevity than most other ectothermic tetrapods, with mean longevities of 39 (SE, ±6 years) and 137 years, respectively, compared with crocodilians (21 ± 5 years), squamates (12 ± 2 years), frogs (8 ± 0.6 years), and salamanders (10 ± 1 years) (tables S1 and S2 and data S1), again when corrected for the potential confounding effects of body size and phylogeny [1, p. 4].
Reinke, Cayuela, H., Lemaitre, J.-F., Gaillard, J.-M., Iverson, J. B., Christiansen, D. G., Gutierrez-Rodriguez, J., Rose, F. L., Nelson, N., Keall, S., Crivelli, A. J., Nazirides, T., Mori, E., Guiller, G., Olivier, A., Muths, E., Hossack, B. R., Bonnet, X., Pilliod, D. S., … Gardner, M. G. (2022). Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity. Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 376(6600), 1459–1466. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm0151
18 Comments
tox_solid@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
That boy has seen some shit in his eleventy-one years, I'll bet.
kamasupra@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Wow. Is this a normal age for this spesies?
livus@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y
Their lifespan is 137 according to this.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That is where I found the paper I quoted.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I don't think it's well-studied, but I found a paper stating this:
kamasupra@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Thanks for the explanation
Andy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Incredible, I love animals that can live for so long... this little guy has been around to see so many historical events!
tchotchony@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
Time for one last adventure (and settle in Rivendell)!
falling_deeper42@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
That's crazy :o
NormalTownLeader@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
Beautiful reptile!
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y
By the way, where is this photo from?
ArmokGoB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
The photo is an embed to where it's hosted. If you click on it, you can see where it's from.
Kroxx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I don't believe it, he doesn't look a day past 87!
coldhotman@nrsk.no · 1 pts · 3y
GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
Holy crap, I didn't know there was another land animal other than giant tortoises that lived this long.