As you may know, some experiences tend to be somewhat location/person specific and what works for one does not necessarily is best for his collegue.
Anyhow, yes, I have split clutches and incubated a half at RT and a half at 28°C. To all my knowledge they were from healthy females (LTC, actice, well supplemented, colourful....but who ever knows?) and I still observed the differences I depicted above.
In any case, its nothing more than personal experience and a snapshot.
Also I want to stress that that applied to my A. capra and -albeit less significantly - to my G. chamaeleontinus. One must not generalize this observation.
I do have lizard species, for which the exact opposite is true: If incubated at lower temps and if hatchlings appear late, they have a tendency to be less vital than their siblings incubated at higher temps. This of course sounds reasoned for desert dwellers - and I see it for my Uromastyx. Anyhow, in my hands it also holds true for lizards from less exterme environments like jewelled lizards or some anoles from the US.

Thats my 2 cts on the topic.


Best regards

Ingo

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