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A Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England gave birth to 14 babies last month, despite having no contact with another snake for nearly a decade.
Northern Pacific rattlesnakes can give birth from 4 to 21 babies at a time, which explains how Wolf found 59 snake babies living together under the house. The mothers care for the babies for about ...
The common watersnake mates from April through June. It is ovoviviparous (live-bearing), which means it does not lay eggs like many other snakes. Instead, the mother carries the eggs inside her body and gives birth to free-living young, each one 19–23 cm (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 –9 in) long. [25]
The red-bellied black snake is ovoviviparous; that is, it gives birth to live young in individual membranous sacs, [20] after 14 weeks' gestation, [35] usually in February or March. [41] The young, numbering between eight and 40, emerge from their sacs very shortly after birth, and have an average length around 12.2 cm (4.8 in). [ 42 ]
Tiger snakes give birth to 20 to 30 live young; an exceptional record was made of 64 from an eastern female. [8] They usually mate in spring when it is in the warmer seasons and will give birth to live young in summer.
Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month.
The boa constrictor is a large snake, although it is only modestly sized in comparison to other large snakes, such as the reticulated python, Burmese python, or the occasionally sympatric green anaconda, and can reach lengths from 3 to 13 ft (0.91 to 3.96 m) depending on the locality and the availability of suitable prey. [16]
The northern redbelly snake gives birth to live young. [4] Each newborn measures about 7.1–11 centimetres (2.8–4.3 in) in total length. [7] In captivity.