This is a topic for Mitch Mulks (ZonataHunt) and is part of his graduate research platform. As such, he'd be a much better one to discuss this than I and would have a lot more evidence backing his hypotheses.



That said, I incubated at a considerably lower temperature (76-77F) than usual (80-82F) and noticed some phenomenal head patterns in my hatchlings - some considerably different than "normal" for their given form. I hatched one gentilis that keyed out as stuarti by Williams' key (though, obviously, it wasn't). Incubation also took considerably longer than usual. Where the nifty patterns due to the lower incubation temperatures? Maybe.



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A more normal clutchmate





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