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  2. Boa constrictor gives birth to 14 baby snakes after living ...

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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.

  3. Boa constrictor gives birth to 14 baby snakes after living ...

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    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.

  4. Rattlesnake - Wikipedia

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    Although many kinds of snakes and other reptiles are oviparous (lay eggs), rattlesnakes are ovoviviparous (give birth to live young after carrying eggs inside). [75] The female produces the ova ("eggs") in her ovaries , after which they pass through her body cavity and into one of her two oviducts .

  5. Pit viper - Wikipedia

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    These snakes range in size from the diminutive hump-nosed viper, Hypnale hypnale, that grows to a typical total length (including tail) of only 30–45 cm (12–18 in), to the bushmaster, Lachesis muta, a species known to reach a maximum total length of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) in length.

  6. Parthenogenesis in squamates - Wikipedia

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    Parthenogenesis is a mode of asexual reproduction in which offspring are produced by females without the genetic contribution of a male. Among all the sexual vertebrates, the only examples of true parthenogenesis, in which all-female populations reproduce without the involvement of males, are found in squamate reptiles (snakes and lizards). [1]

  7. Parthenogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The asexual, all-female whiptail species Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (center), which reproduces via parthenogenesis, is shown flanked by two sexual species having males, A. inornatus (left) and A. tigris (right), which naturally hybridized to form A. neomexicanus.

  8. Giant garter snake - Wikipedia

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    Giant garter snakes are ovoviviparous, meaning they carry eggs internally but give live birth. Following the spring mating season, birthing occurs from mid July to early October [13] with average litter size of 17 young. Larger female snakes tend to produce more offspring compared to smaller females, rather than producing fewer but larger young.

  9. DeKay's brown snake - Wikipedia

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    Like other natricine snakes such as water snakes (genus Nerodia) and garter snakes (genus Thamnophis), S. dekayi is a viviparous species, giving birth to live young. [13] Sexual maturity is reached at two to three years. Mating takes place in the spring, after snakes emerge from brumation. Between 3 and 41 young are born in late summer. [14]