----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gecko List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:40 AM Subject: [gecko]P. robertmertensi eggs
Good work and nice picture Julie !!! Maybe there was only one egg in the first clutch, and that�s why only one baby showed up. Magnus Forsberg > I just collected these eggs from my Phelsuma robertmertensi breeding > group - I thought they were a good study in contrast what stages the > eggs are in. The clutches of eggs on the top left and the bottom right > are showing "blue" which means they are going to hatch soon. The embryos > at this stage have pretty much eaten all the egg's nutrients and are > taking up just about all of the egg, thus the dark coloration. The top > right clutch is showing a nice pink red coloration which usually means > they are fertile and in an earlier developmental stage. The clutch on > the bottom left is showing yellow which usually means not fertile. I was > prompted to collect these this pm as I found a hatchling wandering > amongs the adults! I did not find the other egg or clutchmate - I may if > I tear their set-up apart tomorrow. > > Julie Bergman > http://www.geckoranch.com > GGA lifetime member > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
