Successful incubation of common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) eggs at the Bronx Zoo using suspended incubation method
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Baumer M., Foster C.D., Casey B. & Titus V. (2012) Successful incubation of common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) eggs at the Bronx Zoo using suspended incubation method. Herpetological Review, 43, 597-599.
Published source details Baumer M., Foster C.D., Casey B. & Titus V. (2012) Successful incubation of common chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) eggs at the Bronx Zoo using suspended incubation method. Herpetological Review, 43, 597-599.
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A replicated study in 2010–2011 at the Bronx Zoo Department of Herpetology, USA (Baumer et al. 2012) found that almost all eggs from captive common chuckwallas Sauromalus ater hatched successfully following incubation in suspended incubation containers. Three females each produced a clutch (7–9 eggs/clutch), and 23 of 24 eggs (96%) hatched successfully. Incubation periods ranged from 72–74 days following incubation at 31.5°C, to 79–80 days following incubation at 30°C. One egg became mouldy and was removed after 27 days. All 23 hatchlings survived at least 6 weeks following hatching. In 2010–2011, three clutches of seven, eight and nine eggs each were moved to incubation containers, where they were suspended over wet vermiculite. Incubation temperatures were 30, 30–31 and 31.5°C, and humidity was around 100% in all containers.
(Summarised by: William Morgan)
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