Twins question :-)

[Cornflake1]

Hi Everyone!
My clutch has started hatching and so far I have an 'extra snake' to what eggs have been pipped. It was a clutch of 16 eggs and I can see every egg so it's not like one tucked away underneath. Anyway what I'm asking is, as I'm assuming it's a twin can you get two different types from one egg? eg an Anery and a normal from the same egg?
Thanks in advance! :wavey:

 

[Floof]

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say no. Unless something weird happened like two fertilized ova ending up in one egg casing, it's going to be like a "usual" case of twinning... The developing baby decided to split and "twin" itself at one point, creating a copy of itself. I'd expect the twins to have identical patterns, too.

I know very little about twinning, though, and even less about twinning in snakes, so--I digress--that's JUST a guess. I can't wait to hear some other opinions, though. =)

 

[Susan]

Actually, it is possible for 2 fertilized ova to be encased in the same shell. I've had several sets of twins over the years, but could never tell which ones they were as none were identical.

 

[Cornflake1]

I've had several sets of twins over the years, but could never tell which ones they were as none were identical.

So if you were me would you assume that these two snakes were unidentical twins?

 

[Floof]

Actually, it is possible for 2 fertilized ova to be encased in the same shell. I've had several sets of twins over the years, but could never tell which ones they were as none were identical.

Wow.. Good to know! Thanks, Susan! =)

 

[Cornflake1]

Oh and I forgot....

I forgot to mention the size. The first one out of the egg was tiny in comparison to its siblings. The photo shows it next to an english 2pence coin. Whilst the other one was alot bigger in size.