Lone female layed an egg ?????

[bloodyeddy]

I have a lone female southern angle head that has never been in contact with a male and she has just laid an egg in the waterbowl. Has anyone ever heard of this before?? What's the story here?? Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JungleManSam]

Pics!

 

[Eddie2257]

i have had this happen in black soil dragons, not realy sure why they do it,
eddie...

 

[junglepython2]

It happens all the time, they won't be fertile.

 

[miss_mosher]

So this is phantom... Egg laying?

 

[Cold-B-Hearts]

its would be infertile, can happen with snakes i believe

 

[CaptainRatbag]

divine intervention?? :lol:

 

[Beard]

divine intervention?? :lol:

its a Jesus lizard. just in time for Easter too.

 

[BigWillieStyles]

get her a mate

 

[-Katana-]

its a Jesus lizard. just in time for Easter too.

OH NOZ!

The birth of the Raptor Jesus!
Did you see a bright star hovering over the house that night?

 

[JrFear]

birds do it! didnt no reptiles do tho!

 

[-Katana-]

birds do it! didnt no reptiles do tho!

Read this. It's really fascinating!

Parthenogenesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[PythonLegs]

Read this. It's really fascinating!

Parthenogenesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I read up to 'alleles' and had to lie down for a while.

 

[grannieannie]

I had a dog that had a phantom pregnancy once. She got heaps of milk and everything....poor baby, we had to get her spayed.

I read up to 'alleles' and had to lie down for a while.

So it sort of clones itself...mmm interesting

 

[junglepython2]

Read this. It's really fascinating!

Parthenogenesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Parthenogenesis and phantom pregnancies are two very different things, but you are right parthenogenesis is very interesting.

 

[jedi_339]

Parthenogenesis and phantom pregnancies are two very different things, but you are right parthenogenesis is very interesting.

Would it be classed as a phantom pregnancy or just ovulating and shedding the egg as is normal in mammals?

Interesting none the less

 

[junglepython2]

Would it be classed as a phantom pregnancy or just ovulating and shedding the egg as is normal in mammals?

Interesting none the less

It would depend on your definition of phantom pregnancy. It is similar to a chicken laying an infertile egg which we all eat.

 

[Frozenmouse]

Australia has a couple of species of parthenogenesis geckos which in the absence of males can reproduce A-sexually, i have had a female jungle python get egg bound and die without ever coming into contact with a male she had 3 eggs inside her.