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RE: Kings life spans

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Posted by: tbrophy at Thu May 1 13:15:38 2014  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tbrophy ]  
   

I have been curious about this also. With the explosion of herpetoculture in the past 20 or so years, seems like lots of keepers have snakes that are much older than I thought possible many years ago. Read somewhere recently about a timber rattlesnake that was in its 50's when it died. The old longevity records are largely from zoos, but I believe some private herpetoculturists take better care of their snakes than zoos do. I think FR mentioned he has been observing a group of gilas for maybe 30 years.

   

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