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breedable after one year
thats a fact.
but as you can see in some examples, females can grow to breeding size in only one year too.
This seems to be a normal process in captive breeding, in a study of Dr. med. vet. Sassenburg (1983) it is documented that point of maturity went down from the age of 27 to 9,5 month within 5 generations. (T.s.parietalis)
Normal breeding size to me and most of the keepers I know around is 15" to 20" for a male or 24" and more for females.
Maybe females become bigger (heavier) with US-keeping conditions?
Iīve never seen such a big (and short) gravid female as "Donīs massive Garter" around in Europe.
Is there a special difference in maintenance?
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