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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 western terrestrial garter snake does not lay eggs, but instead is ovoviviparous, which is characteristic of natricine snakes. Broods of eight to 12 young are born in August and September. [10] Coastal garter snake (T. e. terrestris) eating a western fence lizard.
[26]: 81 This snake has no teeth, but does have bony protrusions on the inside edge of its spine, which it uses to break the shell when eating eggs. [26]: 81 The majority of snakes eat a variety of prey animals, but there is some specialization in certain species. King cobras and the Australian bandy-bandy consume other snakes.
The snakes were then removed to control the population. As Bartoszek shared, the pythons were "humanely euthanized" before they had the opportunity to lay eggs.
Eating a frog. Garter snakes, like all snakes, are carnivorous. Their diet consists of almost any creature they are capable of overpowering: slugs, earthworms (nightcrawlers, as redworms are toxic to garter snakes), leeches, lizards, amphibians (including frog eggs), minnows, and rodents. When living near water, they eat other aquatic animals.
This human error, coupled with the snake’s ability to grow rapidly, and lay as many as 100 eggs at a time, is the reason the Everglades is now overrun by the opportunistic creature.
Reptiles, from Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1897–1904, notice the inclusion of amphibians (below the crocodiles). In the 13th century, the category of reptile was recognized in Europe as consisting of a miscellany of egg-laying creatures, including "snakes, various fantastic monsters, lizards, assorted amphibians, and worms", as recorded by Beauvais in his Mirror of Nature. [7]
The News & Observer spoke with local wildlife experts to learn about these reptiles — where they live, what they eat, what eats them and more — plus, how to distinguish them from snakes ...