I am not sure what locale she is from. The pet store had little information on her. I am a little nervous about have a female. I have read a little bit, but am totally confused about the egg laying thing. If she is female when do they start laying eggs? And what do I need for her to lay her eggs in? I have no intentions of mating her. I guess a name change is in order, my kids named her jet because we thought it was a boy. Do females get the color display like the males or are they pretty much shades of brown?