A couple of days ago, I noticed my clutch of albino Honduran milk snakes (L. t. hondurensis) was pipping. I brought the eggs in the house and put them on the dinner table so I could keep a closer eye on them. However, I have stayed so busy over the last couple of days that I must admit I hadn't paid too much attention to them. I finally decided to dig through the clutch to see how they were doing and was startled by an amazing sight.
A freshly hatched two-headed albino honduran milk snake!
Though the snake (s?) seem perfectly healthy, they can't always decide which way to go.
Lisa admired the newest "members" of our family.
Another look at our bicephalic (two-headed) albino Honduran milk snake. Twins were also produced out of one of the eggs of this clutch.
I talked to the previous owner of the female albino honduran milk snake that produced the two-headed baby. It turns out that she produced a two-headed baby and siamese twins, both of which died in the egg before hatching. After counting the eggs, I realized I got eight snakes out of seven eggs. In addition to the two-headed baby, I also got twins in one of the eggs. That is nine heads out of seven eggs. I am starting to suspect that this is genetic.
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