Snakes exhibit a fascinating diversity of reproductive strategies, including egg-laying (oviparity), live birth (viviparity), and a combination of both (ovoviviparity). They utilize pheromones for ...

Garter snakes use this method, which is beneficial in colder climates where eggs might not survive. Ovoviviparity: This is a combination of the above strategies, where eggs develop inside the female's ...

IN a communication on this subject in NATURE of Oct. 11, 1930, p. 568, Dr. Smith discusses my note on Laticauda colubrina. I am quite aware that Dr. Smith's statement that all sea-snakes are ...

Some snakes lay eggs, others give birth to live young, and a few even exhibit the astonishing process of ovoviviparity—an intricate combination of the two. Understanding these methods unveils ...

MR. SMEDLEY'S note on viviparity in the sea-snake (Laticauda colubrina) in NATURE of Aug. 30, p. 312, needs some comment. My statement (which he quotes) that all sea-snakes are viviparous was not ...