Life span

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jennifer

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Just a quick question, I'm coming up on a year with my Hongkong and I was just wondering if anyone knows what their average lifespan is. I know that with many other small pets it isn't very long and I was just curious if I get to look forward to a while longer with my pet.
 
Yeah look forward, about 20 years..hehe
Newts can live a very very long time given the right care.
 
From what I've heard from various stories, some species live around 10+ years, while Japanese firebellies have been known to live 20, 30, even 50 years in captivity. And those "ages" are usually beginning with wild-caught animals of unknown age to start with. I've never heard any specific stories about warty newts.

Here is a page with rather incomplete longevity data for sals.
http://www.pondturtle.com/lsala.html
 
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