I was checking these eggs this morning, actually hoping for the worst. When they were laid, they were a yellowish color, and upon candling, I couldn't see anything but a small reddish speck inside the egg, so naturally I was afraid they were slugs or something. Well, after shining a small flashlight through them just a while ago, I noticed some veins beginning to extend out from the red areas. Is this normal for colubrid eggs, to be laid that underdeveloped? So far I only have exerperience breeding and incubating prairie kingsnake and eastern hognose eggs, and in those two snakes, the eggs are laid with extensive veining and such. However, boomslang egg incubation time is incredibly long compared to most other colubrids, after an even longer gestation period (mine went over 5 months), so it amazes me that after all that time the eggs are laid with only a tiny embryo and no noticeable veining at first. Anyway, if you're interested, I can keep the board updated on the development of these eggs.

-Chance

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• Boomslang Finally Laid - Chance, Mon Jun 23 20:41:55 2003
• RE: Boomslang Finally Laid - Nightflight99, Tue Jun 24 00:57:39 2003
• RE: Boomslang Finally Laid - Chance, Tue Jun 24 08:34:33 2003
• Interesting Observation - Chance, Tue Jun 24 10:29:38 2003
• hah - Chance, Tue Jun 24 10:44:40 2003
• RE: Interesting Observation - WW, Wed Jun 25 03:30:38 2003
• Small Update - Chance, Wed Jul 2 17:57:37 2003
• RE: Small Update - Sybella, Thu Jul 3 01:59:14 2003