I wrote this below, but felt it was lost among the sea of replies.

I am not sure if this occurs in Boas as it does in some other reptiles (e.g. the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorous sp.), but it does explain the outcome. All female litter from a female with only a set of X chromosomes- there is no chance for a male. It explains the hypos and the fact Supers were produced. Like Jeremy, I have never had sperm retention like that. I have produced a couple of litters with extremely high slug counts, where I thought parthogenesis was possible due to the phenotypic outcome. I think something wierd is going on and it is not sperm retention- I also think those are beautiful Super Hyps and NOT Hypo Jungles. Congrats either way!

Comments welcome.

Has there been any research on this matter in boids?
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Ron Michelotti

Class Reptilia
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