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 Eggs and incubation

OK -- this seems to be the topic of the week! Let’s start at the beginning.

After a sucessful mating, the female will produce one (or rarely two) eggs at a time beginning approximately three weeks after the mating. The eggs appear at roughly two week intervals. They can produce 10-12 eggs from a single mating but frequently the last couple are infertile. The eggs are usually completely or patially buried and the best places to look are at the base of plants or in the corners of the enclosure. The eggs can be left in the enclosure but the hatchlings should be removed as they appear (about 45 days).

If you choose to incubate them, they should be placed in a covered, plastic container with small ventilation holes punched in the top, Fill the container with moist (but not wet) Vermiculite and make a depression with your thumb and lightly cover the eggs with Vermiculite (you can buy Vermiculite at a garden center). Maintain a constant temperature of 85 degrees and keep the Vermiculite moist and they will hatch in 35-40 days. The constant temperature allows the eggs to hatch about a week earlier than if left in the enclosure. Be careful when you remove them from the enclosure not to jiggle or turn them from the position that they were in originally or you may kill the embryo.

Oh yes, when first laid the eggs are about the shape and size of a Tic-Tac but as they mature they take on the shape of a miniature chicken’s egg. They are white or light cream in color.

As a side note, female Green Anoles can store sperm for up to 7 months so they can easily produce eggs the spring following a fall mating.





04/23/09  06:52am

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   Message To: Atrax27407   In reference to Message Id: 1991440


 Eggs and incubation

Wow Thanks! I wish i could sent u a picture of the egg i have so u could tell me.



04/29/09  09:32pm

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   Message To: Atrax27407   In reference to Message Id: 1991440


 Eggs and incubation

hey i have a Q, should i leave the egg in the tank so my male can fertalize it. Another Q, should i take out my other anole, she may eat it.... right?
05/17/09  02:58pm

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   Message To: Katlovesanolesalot!   In reference to Message Id: 2006410


 Eggs and incubation

The eggs are fertilized internally during mating. The female will not eat the egg but the hatchlings can be a target.
05/17/09  09:42pm

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 Eggs and incubation

thank you so much



05/18/09  08:48am


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