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I'd just like to share some images of my two year old yellow Striped Dione Ratsnake's clutch.

A week before laying doing a pretty good impresonation of a python

Totally amazed by the glow effect of the egg, which clearly shows how advanced this species eggs are at the point of laying.

9 eggs within her coils and a stray one to the side, as you can see the 'glowing' eggs soon whiten up.

All laid out in a mixture of vermiculite & pearlite

One of the eggs candled dirctly after laying, showing the advanced embryo.

These are expected to hatch somewhere between 13-21 days, she laid the clutch 28 days after her pre-laying slough with an approx 52 gestation taken from the first copulation witnessed.

Hope you enjoyed :-D
Sue x
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The Ratsnake Foundation Online Society

Great post, Sue! Fascinating pics of the well-developed, freshly layed eggs. Very nice female dione, as well. Can't wait to breed my South Koreans next year.

-Toby
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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Hi Sue,

Congratulations! A beautifull clutch!

Hopefully some nice babies will hatch.
Who was the father?

Best regards,
Gidi

>>Hi Sue,
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>>Congratulations! A beautifull clutch!
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>>Hopefully some nice babies will hatch.
>>Who was the father?
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>>Best regards,
>>Gidi

Thanks Gidi, the father was a Grey Striped Dione

Sue x
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The Ratsnake Foundation Online Society

>>Great post, Sue! Fascinating pics of the well-developed, freshly layed eggs. Very nice female dione, as well. Can't wait to breed my South Koreans next year.
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>>-Toby

Thanks Toby .. best of luck with your S.Koreans next year
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The Ratsnake Foundation Online Society