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
www.classreptilia.com

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• Celia.... I wanted to respond, but... - Jeremy Stone, Fri Apr 14 14:43:05 2006
• Very informative!!! Great Post!!!n/p - Psycodelic, Fri Apr 14 14:56:51 2006
• RE: Celia.... I wanted to respond, but.. - boaphile, Fri Apr 14 15:29:23 2006
• PARTHENOGENESIS!!! - creptilia, Fri Apr 14 15:37:06 2006
• I had this same discussion... - wetceal, Fri Apr 14 15:52:50 2006
• If you end up proving those little girls - creptilia, Fri Apr 14 16:32:03 2006
• Parthenogenesis in Burmese Python - caparu, Fri Apr 14 18:52:14 2006
• parthenogenesis - sperm retention long. - PanamaRed, Fri Apr 14 16:23:42 2006
• No on parthenogenesis... - g.gartner, Fri Apr 14 17:33:01 2006
• RE: Good point... - PanamaRed, Fri Apr 14 17:51:50 2006
• Honestly, I do not know the pathway by.. - creptilia, Fri Apr 14 19:58:49 2006
• geneticly identical, and looking..... - PanamaRed, Fri Apr 14 20:57:34 2006
• RE: geneticly identical, and looking.... - g.gartner, Sat Apr 15 17:34:21 2006
• Hi Celia....>> - LindaH, Fri Apr 14 19:51:00 2006
• Hey Linda... - wetceal, Fri Apr 14 23:03:24 2006
• RE: Celia.... I wanted to respond, but... - jacktdyer, Sat Apr 15 15:50:00 2006