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I'm planning to acquire a pair of Yellowtails in the near future, and I would like to eventually breed them. I have a few questions. What is the average clutch size for a Yt? How many times could a female healthfully produce eggs in a year? This is keeping the upmost health of the snakes in mind.
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Roy Blodgett

1.0 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

YT Cribos normally produce between 15 - 30 eggs at oviposition, with 20 being the average. The eggs are quite small, by Drymarchon standards, but heavily calcified. Because of the resources required to produce such a large clutch, especially the amount of calcium utilized, I only pair my females once every other year, I keep 4.4 in order to pair 2.2 each year. However, I do know of a couple of breeders who pair their's up every year. also, I have not found any documentation of any members of the genus producing multiple clutches in a single year...

Best regards,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

That is what I thought. I would probably end up pairing mine every other year as you stated. Thanks for your information.
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Roy Blodgett

1.0 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.0 Masticophis flagellum piceus (black phase)
0.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana