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Luvthemtorts

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I have worked with and bred this species in the past although nowhere near as extinsively or successfully as some others.
My smallest producing female was right around 6 inches.
Males will start mating attempts much smaller and one male had definite success once he surpassed 5 inches.
When you get your first egg I think you'll be stunned. The size of the egg is quite large given the size of the animal.
Good luck with them. They are fantastic little critters.
 

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They only lay one egg though right?
 

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Yes one egg (rarely two). No worries though becasue they make up for it by laying multiple times a year.
Also note incubation times are LONG. By cooling the eggs before incubation you can possibly speed up the process but in general it took mine well over 4 months to hatch and on several occassions MUCH longer.
 
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