Twins ????

[Gillards]

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/509/187wegg-med.jpg
I found an extra Florida king in this egg!!! I had seen the egg pip. A hatchling came out. I picked up the empty egg to throw it out, and noticed it was heavy. I took a second look, and found this hatchling in a completely separate membrane inside the single egg. I tore open the egg more exposing the other hatchling for a picture.
The egg it self was misshapen and had a grayish ring around it, the ring was right where the second membrane was, now I know why it was there. :)
Last year I hatched out twin Pueblans. They came out at the same time and I believe shared the same egg sack. Twins. But this is two completely separate egg sacks in one egg. Twins??????
What ever it is I thought it was kinda cool.
Paul
Gillards Herps Canada (http://www.gillardsherpscanada.com)

[drewlowe]

That is so cool. congrats on the twins....

[Thomas]

neat! kinda weird tho?

[Tim_Cranwill]

Very cool! Do they look alike?

[Ed_r]

Sometimes 2 different embryos will share 1 egg. This does not mean they are twins. If they have exactly the same paterning then they are twins. A friend of mine just hatched out actual twin Cal Kings. Very cool.

[reverendsterlin]

I figure it's like identical (sharing egg-nuclei/eggsack) and fraternal (sharing eggshell) twins regardless of exact matching of pattern(though I would figure that a strong indicator). It would take DNA testing to prove it though.

[Simon R. Sansom]

Very cool, Paul! Nothing wrong with a bonus kingsnake, is there?, LOL!

Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.

Simon

[BoidKeeper]

It looks like two eggs that never fully seperated. Did the snake make it?
Cheers,
Trevor

[gonesnakee]

I'll 2nd Trevor on both the comment & the question. Mark I.

[Gillards]

Thanx everyone!! Both snakes are alive and appear normal, they are different in size, markings etc. I do kinda of like that two eggs that never fully seperated idea. But Simon is right!! the extra king is cool!!!!! :) :)

[gonesnakee]

Were those 2 babies smaller than the rest or was everyone the same size? Like was the twin/double egg(s) bigger than the rest or more like the same size of the other eggs & just different? Twins or not its still pretty cool & of course bonus for you. Mark I.

[Katt]

Yeah, it does look like two eggs that didn't seperate. Way cool. Two for one special!

[BoidKeeper]

Both alive, that's awsome. I have one egg in my corns second clutch that looks like it may be big enough for two so here's hoping.
Again Congrats,
Trevor

[Gillards]

Hey Mark the egg was larger, than all the rest. The first snake out was the same size as the other hatchlings, the second to come out was a litlle smaller than rest. However like Ed r and reverandsterlin say two snakes one egg = twins. I honestly do not know. It was just different from the twins last year lol :)
Trevor good luck!!! keep us posted!!!
Paul

[Joe]

awsome bud!

[Katt]

Sometimes what happens is as each embryo gets covered in its respective shell, two snakes get covered by mistake.

All snakes in a clutch are twins, quintuplets, etc.

[snkmn]

wow that is really awsome