desert tortoise age

[dan masters]

anyone know the longest known age of a cal. desert tort.
ive heard of 125 dont know if thats someone puling my leg or what.

 

[Millerlite]

i'm sure there has been some 100 plus desert tortoises out there. I would say 80-100 would be more average, some longer some shorter, just depends. Also that goes for a lot of different species.