bynoes geckos

[bob360]

Geckos can store sperm, thats how they produce multiple clutches, but bynoes geckos are parthenogenetic so they do not mate meaning they do not receive sperm my question is: do bynoes geckos still produce multiple clutches?

 

[GeckoJosh]

Geckos can store sperm, thats how they produce multiple clutches, but bynoes geckos are parthenogenetic so they do not mate meaning they do not receive sperm my question is: do bynoes geckos still produce multiple clutches?

Yes and for the record not all bynoes are parthenongenetic

Thanks Gex

 

[greeny1]

im not sure as do have multiple clutches but not all bynoes are parthenogenetic. most are just normal and they would be the ones which store sperm

 

[GeckoJosh]

The reason they produce multiple clutches has nothing to do with the fact they can store sperm

 

[bob360]

what i mean is they can store sperm and use it to make multiple clutches from 1 mating. I know not all are parthenogenetic but what do the parthenogenetic binoes look like?

 

[Sdaji]

There are several different species of "Bynoe's Geckoes", they shouldn't all have the same name (and in scientific circles, they don't). The parthenogens tend to look like Heteronotia CA6 and EA6, although some look like Heteronotia SM6 too (although some Heteronotia SM6 look pretty distinctly unlike anything else in the binoei complex). In a lot of cases, if you don't look at the genetics or carry out a reproduction experiment, you can't tell which species they belong to. The parthenogens live side by side with sexuals in the wild (although they are not the same species and can't breed with them) so it's pretty tricky to work out. They're very cool lizards though! Anything you can clone in your own home is pretty nifty I've cloned a fair few this season

 

[Rocket]

The reason they produce multiple clutches has nothing to do with the fact they can store sperm

What is your reasoning behind that comment?
How does it not when its the stored sperm that is used to fertilise other clutches, i.e. multi-clutching?

 

[GeckoJosh]

I was under the impression that multiple clutches can be the achieved by either multiple matings throughout the season and/or by stored sperms.
Are you saying that the sperm that fertilized the initial clutch fertilizes the rest of the clutches for that season regardless of the mating behavior?, if so that is something I did not know so thanks for correcting me.

Cheers Gex

 

[Rocket]

No, I never claimed that. However, your earlier remark lead me to believe that you only thought multiple matings could result in multiple clutches; I was simply trying to see if that was your intention.

 

[GeckoJosh]

No, I never claimed that. However, your earlier remark lead me to believe that you only thought multiple matings could result in multiple clutches; I was simply trying to see if that was your intention.

Ok sorry for the misunderstanding, after re-reading my earlier post I can see how you got that impression.

Cheers Gex

 

[Sdaji]

What is your reasoning behind that comment?
How does it not when its the stored sperm that is used to fertilise other clutches, i.e. multi-clutching?

The parthenogenetic species are all female, there is no sperm in the entire species at any point, so it isn't stored, or required for reproduction.

 

[GeckoJosh]

I was under the impression that multiple clutches can be the achieved by either multiple matings throughout the season and/or by stored sperms.
Are you saying that the sperm that fertilized the initial clutch fertilizes the rest of the clutches for that season regardless of the mating behavior?, if so that is something I did not know so thanks for correcting me.

Cheers Gex

This comment was regarding non parthenogenetic geckos which off course do not require sperm to reproduce or to multi-clutch

 

[Rocket]

The parthenogenetic species are all female, there is no sperm in the entire species at any point, so it isn't stored, or required for reproduction.

I understand that Sdaji, my comment was in regards to sexual geckos and their methods of reproduction, not asexual species.