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Notice something odd about this pic.

And here they are, the twins.

Enjoy

Congrats! Truly an awsome occurance. You continue to inspire with your success.

Wow, that is awesome, they are really beautiful. How often do twins occur? Are some species more likely to have twins than others? Congratulations.

Pam
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2.3 varanus acanthurus brachyurus (Dorado, Oro, Dora, Freckles & Amarillo)
1.1 varanus acanthurus acanthurus (Tabasco & Sprite)
1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
1.1 u. ocellata (Zuhri & Ashai)
1.2 xenagama taylori (Asad, Ayana & Ayan)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
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Very cool Frank!

Thats really awesome! Congrats.

While these guys failed to hatch, I found these two together within the same egg. They were substantially smaller than their clutchmates(who also failed to hatch); almost half the size.


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that is such a shame. how do they get that far along and not fully hatch?

Perhapes they did not have enough food (yoke)?

Its relatively common with reptiles. There are two types of twining. The most common is two fertilized ovums are shelled together as one egg.

The second is the splitting of the zygote or identical twins. These appear to be identical twins. But there is no practical way of knowing that. They are very very similar. In clutches there is a tremendous amount of individual pattern variation. I have read that identical twins are not exactly alike.

Anyway, they are normal in every way, but size. They are about half sized. But very strong and healthy. So I better go feed the little buggers. Cheers

Frank,

Who does your nails?? My friend Jose Morales wants to know.