It was a great Father's Day for me! When I checked on my female Green Rat, this morning, she had two eggs out and more on the way! She ended up with a clutch of five, which surprised me very much, as this is her first clutch! I expected maybe three eggs at the most, for her first time.

She is part of a true locality pair from Mt. Hopkins in the Santa Ritas, given to me by my friend, Diego Ortiz.

Here she is before her pre-laying shed, which happened about ten days ago.


After the fourth egg was laid.


The final count. She vacated the nesting box as soon as I opened her tub - and did not seem tired at all!


Happy Father's Day to all the other dads out there!
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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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