Cases of parthenogenisis are really rare in vertebrates. I think there might have been some documented cases in pythons or some such thing, but I've never heard of it in colubrids. I concur with Darin's hunch that some male snuck in that cage when nobody was looking. lol.



I recommend that you wait another week to candle that egg. There'll be more veins by then and it'll be easier to determine if it's fertile or not. I get lots of eggs that look good, but upon candling, don't have embryos.



IF (big IF) it turns out to be a nonconceived creation, it'll be a female and an exact clone of the mother. Hence, it will have the same markings right down to the scale. So since no two corns are the same (unless they're clones), the proof'll be in the markings.



Good luck.



Don

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• Virgin corn lays a fertile egg. - blichtenhan, Tue May 10 23:44:55 2005
• RE: Virgin corn lays a fertile egg. - Darin Chappell, Wed May 11 10:36:25 2005
• I agree with Darin . . . - DonSoderberg, Wed May 11 19:32:28 2005
• RE: I agree with Darin . . . - yellowboy, Wed May 11 21:24:53 2005
• RE: I agree with Darin . . . - Paul Hollander, Thu May 12 10:01:11 2005
• This is interesting, but you lost me. - blichtenhan, Mon May 16 22:11:07 2005