Thelloderma stellatum- breeding and eggs!

[SludgeMunkey]

I'm still suspecting the best way to get critters to breed is send them in the mail!


Anyway here is our T. stellatum and the first clutch of eggs!


You can't see us, we are not here...


Dang...I'm caught!


Hungry, hungry hippos.



First clutch of eggs! Thats the responsible female in the background. The male, not pictured, was standing guard at the base of the stick.
About thirty minutes after the lights came on, they returned to amplexus.

I can't share the detailed data yet, as this is someone else's research project, but I suspect the weather here in Bellevue, NE contributed to the results.
We have had varying barometric pressure due to every other day storm fronts moving through. So, monsoon breeders and all that.