vuduman wrote:@Rob.A 3,5m black mamba is huge,but not an unusual size.A friend of mine had a 4,25m black mamba.He caught it when it was 3,5m and had it 11years before it died.He never bred with it and he did'nt overfeed it either.
Rob wrote:0.8m is a giant. Biggest Ive heard of. Do you know for certain that she had never bred?
Im not sure I agree that females not bred will grow larger, its natural, they are designed to reproduce. I have been told it takes more energy for a snake to produce infertile eggs than it is to produce fertile eggs. If for instance you find a 1.4m Brown Housesnake or a 3.5m Black Mamba in the field, both very big for their respective species, Id bet my house that they have bred before.
I have no science to back myself up with so you're welcome to convince me otherwise.
vuduman wrote:@nvlooi.I think it obviousely varies alot between different species.Oviparous species has a shorter gestation period and therefore you can get them in good enough condition as soon as the eggs has been layd.
But ovoviviparous species like Caudalis has to carry the developing eggmasses, vertile or invertile inside her body for about double the time.
nvlooi wrote:What is the average gestation period for B. caudalis?
Rob wrote:nvlooi wrote:What is the average gestation period for B. caudalis?
5 - 6 months.
gaboon69 wrote:Hi.
Gestation for horned adders can be as short as 4 months.
gaboon69 wrote:The next question should be from which locality was it ?
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