What age do most Triturus Vulgaris newts live to?

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Does anybody know what the maximum age that a Smooth newt can live to,in well looked after captive conditions & in the wild?
Male or female?

Chris
 
From page 53 of Beebee, Trevor and Griffiths, Richard (2000) "Amphibians and Reptiles" - Harper Collins Newt Naturalist series:

"Adult smooth newts suffer about 50% mortality per year and not many live to be older than six or seven."

I would think that they could live a lot longer in captivity though, as Nimbus2 says.
 
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