[dj98ram]

After discussing with Ed these eggs that were laid by my Azureus, Ed believes they will be fraternal tadpoles. I figured I'd post pics for everyone to see since it looks pretty interesting to me.

Thanks for the info Ed, and if you have any other information that might be beneficial you can just post it here.

Has anyone else had any experience with this?

 

[frogger44]

Thats pretty cool...twins!

 

[Julio]

keep us posted on their development, looks pretty cool.

 

[billschwinn]

I have had eggs like that on an occasional basis, but have never had them hatch, good luck, Bill

 

[dj98ram]

Julio, I'll keep the thread updated.

Bill, what species did you see this with?

 

[JoshK]

I had the same experience a week or two ago with a clutch, they developed fine for the first week, but they didn't make it. I had planned on keeping them seperate to see if they shared markings or anything. I will try and find the pics and post them. Please keep us up to date.

 

[Suzanne]

With those two embryos fused together, you will probably end up with siamese twins. I don't think they will be viable

 

[laylow]

Thats crazy!!​

 

[Ed]

With those two embryos fused together, you will probably end up with siamese twins. I don't think they will be viable

If you look closely, those are the yolk areas not the embryos that are touching. At this point, in those photos, there isn't any proof that even the yolks are fused. This is the same thing as twin chickens or reptiles hatching out of the same egg...

Ed

 

[dj98ram]

I tried to get a little bit closer and at a different angle. Not sure if that helps Ed.

 

[dj98ram]

Here is an updated pic of the eggs. You can really see what Ed was talking about now. Both yolk reserves are pushed together within the same gel coat. It appears that both embryos are developing normally at this point.

 

[yumpster]

Spectacular pic there. I hope all goes well!

 

[purplecat001]

Wow, super interesting. Thanks for sharing and please keep us posted.

 

[dflorian]

What a timely post...here is a pic I took this morning after seeing this post.

This pair is Dendrobates tinctorius "Patricia". They have busted through the shared membrane and will soon erupt through the jelly.

Good luck with yours. They're look great. What species are they?

 

[Schank]

thats pretty cool, it looks like the sign for cancer

 

[dj98ram]

What species are they?

They are Azureus.

Thanks eveyone. I'll keep the thread updated.

 

[dj98ram]

Update: Both tadpoles have hatched out and are doing just fine.

 

[Crikkifrogger]

Ha, that's incredible. I'm glad you wrote this thread because my azureus pair has this happen almost every other clutch, it's very strange. I have had two batches of eggs hatch with this and so far the first batch is at 1 month and the second is at 2 weeks. The first couple of times, they perished. I'm interested to see what happens. Good luck with yours!

 

[dj98ram]

Well, here they are. I just transferred them over to their grow out tank.

 

[kingnicky101]

Cool! I was looking foward to siamese twins, but oh well. JK