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Nightflight99
at Sun Mar 5 20:27:57 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Nightflight99 ]
Might the geographical location with it's associated climatic conditions have a bearing on this contradiction?
Certainly, especially with south Florida having a climate that is unique in the United States. Reproductive cycles are usually not very difficult to trigger in captive reptiles, which is evident by the common captive births/hatchings of neonates at times of the year when their wild counterparts do not.
In this area (SE LA), mature Hydrodynastes gigas show a strong tendency to cease feeding during the winter months, and usually resume during late January or early February.
~TE
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Thomas Eimermacher
Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA 70402
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RE: Hydrodynastes gigas husbandry - Nightflight99, Sun Mar 5 20:27:57 2006