Western hognose asexual female

Discussion in 'Other Colubrids' started by JoshBM1, May 30, 2007.

  1. JoshBM1

    JoshBM1 Embryo

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    My female western hognose that i was planning on breeding this fall has decided to produce eggs on her own without a mate, she has been alone for 2 years. Chances are they are non fertile but im incubating them anyways.
    Pretty interesting i thought i should share the story.
     
  2. JEFFREH

    JEFFREH Administrator

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  3. willythegame16

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    they will be most probably be blanks mate i really dont see them hatching

    but there has been stories of them cloning themselves.
     
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  5. bassteck76

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    If you got her as an adult or even a sub-adult she could have already bred with a male prior. Colubrids can store sperm for quite some time.

    However, I will go ahead and say she slugged out just because she hit maturity.

    Best of luck anyways.
     
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  7. Mememe

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    Doesn't mean anything in particular, so reptiles do it, some don't - same way that chickens lay infertile eggs (but far more reliably!).

    Oh, and if they were fertile, it would be parthenogenesis, not asexual reproduction.
     

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