The Distribution of Senescence 



2-2-3 REPTILES 



The longevity of tortoises is one of the few popular beliefs 

 about animal life-span which is correct, though it has been 

 exaggerated. There is no clear evidence that the larger species 



TABLE II 



MAXIMUM RECORDED LONGEVITIES OF CHELONIANS 



(Data from Flower, 1937, except where otherwise stated) 



Tears 



Testudo sumeiri Marion's Tortoise 1 52 + 



elephantopus Galapagos Tortoise 100 + 



graeca 

 daudini 

 hermanni 

 radiata 

 gigantea 

 sulcata 

 marginata 

 Terrapene Carolina 



Emys orbicularis 



Macroclemmys 

 temminckii 



Clemmys guttata 

 Pelusios derbianus 

 subniger 



Greek Tortoise 102, 105 



Daudin's Tortoise 1 00 + 



Hermann's Tortoise 90 + 



Radiated Tortoise 85 + 



Giant Tortoise 68-180 



Spurred Tortoise 42 



Margined Tortoise 28 

 Carolina Box- 

 tortoise 



European Pond- 

 tortoise 



Snapping Turtle 



Speckled Terrapin 

 Derby's Terrapin 



Sternotherus odoratus Stinkpot Terrapin 



Kinosternon subrubrum Pennsylvania 

 Terrapin 



Chelodina longicollis Longnecked 

 Terrapin 



Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle 



Malaclemmys centrata Diamond-backed 



Terrapin 

 Cuora trifasciata Three-banded 



Terrapin 

 Geoclemmys reevesi 



123 + 



118+ Dittmars, 1934 



129* Oliver 1953 



88+* Deck, 1927 



65* Edney and Allen, 1951 



70-120 Rollinat, 1934 



58 + , 47 Conant and Hud- 

 son, 1949 

 42 + 

 41 + 

 29 + Conant and Hudson, 



1949 

 53 + Conant and Hudson, 

 1949 



38 + 



37 + 



31+ Conant and Hudson, 



1949 

 33 



?40 Hildebrand, 1932 



26 + 



24+ Conant and Hudson, 

 1949 

 * Marked individual recovered in the wild. 

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