The Smithsonian has a lone female Asian water dragon that came to the zoo in 2006 without the intention of her breeding. However, in 2009, the reptile began producing eggs.

Asian water dragons are part of a species that lays infertile eggs if not fertilized by a male. Staff at the Smithsonian started incubating this lizard's eggs in 2015. The third hatchling survived ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo was the first to confirm facultative parthenogenesis in Asian water dragons, a species of lizard. A female Asian water dragon (left) hatched August 2016 and is the only ...

Asian Water Dragon Proves She Doesn't Need A Mate To Produce Fertile Egg Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say a female Asian Water Dragon reproduced without a male — the first ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo was the first to confirm facultative parthenogenesis in Asian water dragons, a species of lizard. A female Asian water dragon (left) hatched August 2016 and is the ...