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Posted by Terry on July 09, 2000 at 07:23:28:

In Reply to: That is just AMAZING!!! posted by Mike on July 08, 2000 at 22:18:46:

: : The shortest recorded incubation period for E. dione according to K-D Schulz's Elaphe book is 13 days.
: : Last year, mine hatched after 25 days.

: : Sacha

: Sure does save wear and tear on the carpet in front of the incubation area! I always start getting nervous about two weeks before my eggs are due to hatch. I check them about three times a day, :is there enough moisture, maybe too much, is that mold!?!? etc. Just about the time I would start to get concerned, babies would be coming. Marvelous!!

I like the fact that the Eurasian ratsnakes have shorter incubation times. It makes it weird waiting for them to lay, however, because they retain their eggs for so long sometimes. My Chinese dione laid her eggs fairly quickly after I noticed she was gravid, but I've been waiting for the S. Korean dione to drop for weeks. The bimaculata also retain theirs for a fair amount of time, as does the Russian rats (s. schrencki). It makes it almost impossible to measure the time period from copulation to deposition when it varies like that.

My bimaculata have hatched over a period of 39-45 days, and the Russians about 50-55 days. The Dion's ratsnakes tend to hatch in shorter amounts of time, but it depends on where they're from, and incubation temps, as mentioned by Soe. Last year was my first time hatching diones. The ones from Western Asia are from farther north and have quicker incubations. The ones from East Asia have longer incubations, but it depends also. Some can be almost subtropical in origin, while others can come from Northern China, N. Korea, or s.e. Russia.

I think the eggs of the Central Chinese Dion's I have pictured here hatched out after about 25 days, or more, last summer, but I lost some of my records when my computer crashed in a lightning storm. I had to go to a whole new system this year. You said yours took 45 days, Mike. Did you mean Elaphe dione, or were you talking about another species, like bimaculata? Thanks.

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Sorry.......should have been more clear Mike 07/09/00 (1)
- No problem...always happy to have new people on board.....more............. Terry 07/09/00 (0)

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: : : The shortest recorded incubation period for E. dione according to K-D Schulz's Elaphe book is 13 days. : : : Last year, mine hatched after 25 days. : : : Sacha : : Sure does save wear and tear on the carpet in front of the incubation area! I always start getting nervous about two weeks before my eggs are due to hatch. I check them about three times a day, :is there enough moisture, maybe too much, is that mold!?!? etc. Just about the time I would start to get concerned, babies would be coming. Marvelous!! : I like the fact that the Eurasian ratsnakes have shorter incubation times. It makes it weird waiting for them to lay, however, because they retain their eggs for so long sometimes. My Chinese dione laid her eggs fairly quickly after I noticed she was gravid, but I've been waiting for the S. Korean dione to drop for weeks. The bimaculata also retain theirs for a fair amount of time, as does the Russian rats (s. schrencki). It makes it almost impossible to measure the time period from copulation to deposition when it varies like that. : My bimaculata have hatched over a period of 39-45 days, and the Russians about 50-55 days. The Dion's ratsnakes tend to hatch in shorter amounts of time, but it depends on where they're from, and incubation temps, as mentioned by Soe. Last year was my first time hatching diones. The ones from Western Asia are from farther north and have quicker incubations. The ones from East Asia have longer incubations, but it depends also. Some can be almost subtropical in origin, while others can come from Northern China, N. Korea, or s.e. Russia. : I think the eggs of the Central Chinese Dion's I have pictured here hatched out after about 25 days, or more, last summer, but I lost some of my records when my computer crashed in a lightning storm. I had to go to a whole new system this year. You said yours took 45 days, Mike. Did you mean Elaphe dione, or were you talking about another species, like bimaculata? Thanks. : TC

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