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Animal Size and Life Expectancy
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Russian Tortoise | Testudo horsfieldii | 30-50+ years | Male: 6-8″ Female:8-10″ |
Sulcata Tortoise | Geochelone sulcata | 50-80+ years | 70 – 110 pounds (36″ +) |
Red Foot Tortoise | Geochelone carbonaria | 30-50+ years | 12-16 inches |
Marginated Tortoise | Testudo marginata | 20 – 50 + years | 12-15 inches |
Greek Tortoise | Testudo graeca | 20-80 + years | 5-11 inches (Males smaller) |
Hermann’s Tortoise | Testudo hermanni | 30-50 + years | 6-11 inches |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Red Ear Slider | Trachemys scripta elegans | 20-25+ years | 6-12 inches |
Painted Turtle | Chrysemys picta | 15-25+ years | 5-10 inches |
Soft Shell Turtle | Apalone spinifera | 20-25+ years | Male: 5-10″ Female: 7-20″ |
North American Box turtle | Terrapene carolina | 30-40+ years | 4-7 inches |
Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | 50-100 + years | 3-5 inches |
Reeve’s Turtle | Chinemys reevesii | 10-20 + years | 6-8 inches |
Golden Thread Pond Turtle | Ocadia sinensis | 40-60 + years | 8- 12 inches (Males smaller) |
Razorback Musk Turtle | Sternotherus carinatus | 30-50 + years | 4-6 inches |
Common Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus | 30-50 + years | 4-4.5 inches |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Bearded Dragon | Pogona vitticeps | 7-10 years | 18-24 inches |
Green Iguana | Iguana iguana | 12-15 years | 3-6 feet |
Leopard Gecko | Eublepharis macularis | 10-15 years | 7-10 inches |
Water Dragon | Physignathus cocincinus | 10-15 years | 2-3 feet |
Green Anole | Anolis carolinensis | 3-5 years | 5-8 inches |
House Gecko | Hemidactylus frenatus | 5-8 years | 3-5 inches |
Long Tail Grass Lizard | Takydromas sexlineatus | 3-5 years | 6-10 inches |
Giant Day Gecko | Phelsuma madagascarienses | 5-10 years | 9-11 inches |
Crested Gecko | Rhacodactylus ciliatus | 5-10 years | 7-9 inches |
Fire Skink | Riopa fernandi | 10-12 years | 10-12 inches |
Blue Tongue Skink | Tiliqua scincoides | 10-20 years | 20 inches |
Uromastyx | Uromastyx sp. | 10-15+ years | 10-16 inches |
Black and White Tegu | Tupinambis merianae | 12-15 years | 3-4.5 feet |
Savannah Monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | 8-12 years | 3-5 feet |
Veiled Chameleon | Chamaeleo calyptratus | 5-8 years | Male: 17-24″ Female: 10-14″ |
Panther Cameleon | Furcifer pardalis | 5-8 years | 21″ |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Burmese Python | Python molurus bivittatus | 20-25 years | 16-23 ft up to 200lbs |
Kenyan Sand Boa | Eryx colubrinus loveridgei | 10-15 years | Male: 15″ Female: 32″ |
Corn Snake | Elaphe gutatta | 10-12+ years | 3-5 feet |
Ball Python | Python regius | 20-25+ years | 3-5 feet |
King Snake | Lampropeltis getulus | 10-15 years | 3-4 feet |
Red Tail Boa | Boa constrictor | 15-25 years | 7-10 feet |
Reticulated Python | Python reticulatus | 15-20 years | 10-20 feet |
Rosy Boa | Linchanura trivirgata | 20 + years | 2-3 feet |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Fire Belly Toad | Bombina orientalis | 5-10 years | 2-3 inches |
Green Tree Frog | Hyla cinerea | 2-5 years | 1.5 – 2.5 inches |
Red Eye Tree Frog | Agalychnis calidryas | 3-5 years | 2-3 inches |
Dumpy Tree Frog | Litoria caerulea | 7-10 years | 4 inches |
Dart (Arrow) Frog | Dendrobates sp. | 3-10 years | 1/2 – 3inches |
Fire Belly Newt | Cynops pyrrhogaster | 5-10 years | 3-5 inches |
Common Name | Scientific Name | Average Lifespan | Average (Adult)Size |
Hermit Crab | Coenobita clypeatus | 1-4 years | 1-3 inches |