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[15] [4] After mating, males and females move to mossy summer grounds where they find food and water and birth the offspring. [8] These snakes are viviparous and can birth about 30 young ones in one mating season. [4] Gestation period is about 3 to 4 months, and the young ones reach sexual maturity at 1.5 or 2 years of life. [8]
Snake mating systems are generally believed to be polygynous, where males copulate with multiple females. Many researchers have assumed that multiple male courtships are successful without providing paternity evidence, [ 7 ] and mating systems may be more polyandrous , supported by studies of the green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ).
Generally, populations include far more males than females, so during mating season, they form "mating balls", in which one or two females are completely swamped by ten or more males. Sometimes a male snake mates with a female before hibernation, and the female stores the sperm internally until spring, when she allows her eggs to be fertilized.
This year alone, over 75,000 snakes reportedly emerged from the limestone to commence mating season. SEE ALSO: Video of wild snakes creepily tangling themselves into a large ball goes viral
Snake mating season tends to last from April through late September. The TWRA states that “females lay 6-30 eggs under rotten logs, stumps, or rocks during the summer."
Mating season is during September and October, when these snakes may be more aggressive than usual. Females lay between 8 and 20 eggs (roughly 60 × 25 mm in size) in midsummer (December–January), in a hole or an abandoned termite mound or some other warm, wet location. [8]
In all, 11 pythons were caught — one more than 16 feet long — bringing the tally to 500 pounds of snake. ... The breeding season window for capturing pythons runs from November to April, and ...
They can find other snakes by following their pheromone-scented trails. Male and female skin pheromones are so different as to be immediately distinguishable. However, male garter snakes sometimes produce both male and female pheromones. During the mating season, this ability fools other males into attempting to mate with them.