A New Clutch Size Record for the Mud Snake (Farancia abacura)

Chet Powell; Dirk J. Stevenson; Maegan Smith; John B. Jensen

doi:10.1656/058.009.0114

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Chet Powell,¹ Dirk J. Stevenson,² Maegan Smith,¹ John B. Jensen^3,*

¹1Reed Bingham State Park, 542 Reed Bingham Road, Adel, GA 31620.
²2Project Orianne, Indigo Snake Initiative, 414 Club Drive, Hinesville, GA31313.
³3Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Conservation Section, 116 Rum Creek Drive, Forsyth

^*Corresponding author - john.jensen@gadnr.org.

Abstract

We report an exceptional clutch size for Farancia abacura (Mud Snake), A large female specimen of F. a. abacura (Eastern Mud Snake), collected July 2008 in southern Georgia, deposited 111 eggs in captivity. Sixty-nine of the eggs hatched, yielding 65 (94.2%) normal hatchlings and 4 (5.8%) anerythristic (i.e., white-bellied) morphs. This clutch exceeds the previous record of 104 eggs reported in 1931.

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Chet Powell, Dirk J. Stevenson, Maegan Smith, and John B. Jensen "A New Clutch Size Record for the Mud Snake (Farancia abacura)," Southeastern Naturalist 9(1), 177-178, (1 March 2010). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.009.0114

Published: 1 March 2010

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