Gecko fact
A 2023 Herpetological Journal study measured just how efficiently mourning geckos lay eggs in captivity
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The study documented an intensive, near-continuous egg-laying tempo with an invariant clutch size, underscoring why a single founding female can build a self-sustaining colony so quickly — a trait directly relevant to both captive breeding output and the species' success as an unintentional stowaway..
The study documented an intensive, near-continuous egg-laying tempo with an invariant clutch size, underscoring why a single founding female can build a self-sustaining colony so quickly — a trait directly relevant to both captive breeding output and the species' success as an unintentional stowaway.