Virgin reproduction

[BRANDY WYNE kENNELS]

I was reading a science magazine of my brothers and it stated that some female geckos and other reptiles will create fertile eggs that hatch female because they would be clones of their mothers. This happens when there are no males around to copulate with. Is this as far fetched as it seems?

 

[Morph]

wow never heard of that...

i heard they can retain sperm for long periods of time ( 1 year ) but never this. interesting though...anyone else hear of this?

 

[Nigel4less]

Not in Leopards its in a certain species of Arboreal Geckos that I cannot remember the name of.

 

[jmlslayer]

Morning Geckos lay eggs with out a male present.

 

[Stitchex]

Some kind of Pacific gecko or something....lol I have them in my own backyard but can't even remember the name....lol.

 

[fallen_angel]

the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park did this, lol
bad joke, I know

 

[bohannbj]

It's a desert gecko, that does this. The entire species is female and they still go through a mating process, but the reproduction is aesexual. I show it in the movie "Why Sex," during our genetics chapter. The kids always go nuts when they see female x female interaction. Kids nowadays.

 

[Gecko]

The desert one is from Australia. Then there are a few arboreal tropical ones that you see on islands.

 

[Nick44]

Yes its True it happened with my female corn snake not so sure about Leos tho

 

[STUTFL]

I've heard that about Komodo dragons; interesting to know that some geckos have the ability as well.

 

[Palor]

The pathogenetic lizard is a Sonoran Whiptail. Among geckos, Mourning geckos and Indonesian geckos (H. Garnoti). I also know an Aussie gecko is parthogenetic too. Also the panama night lizard is another clone species.

 

[Gregg M]

parthenogenesis also occures in snakes... There is molecular proof that Garter snakes, timber rattlesnakes and other vipers, and even Burmese pythons have reproduced without ever being introduced to a male.. Pretty interesting...

It would not be too far fetched to think that leos may be able to do this as well as other reptiles that are commonly kept...

 

[Trey]

In the october issue of reptiles magazine it mentions that leachies have now been proven to be able to do this.

 

[Sandyballs]

Once I saw this in "The Most Extreme" from Animal Planet, It said that there use to be males but there was always more females to males so it ended up as just females.........................They also said that the same thing is slowly happening to humans......but we got sperm banks so nothing to worry about!

 

[MiamiLeos]

HAHAHA we shall rule!! ^.^

 

[Coils]

Eeew, I dont want any female on female human reproduction for -me-, thank you very much!