Yowza! 70 Red Sided Babies

[guidofatherof5]

I was on the phone with my friend Mark when he informed me that the Red Sided garter at his work (Iowa Science Center) gave birth to 70 live little scrubs with 2-stillborns and 1-undeveloped egg for a total of 73.
Congrats to that mom and such a large litter of scrubs.

[infernalis]

wow... That number seems really high.. is it any sort of a record?

[Stefan-A]

I seem to recall that the record for a parietalis is somewhere just over 90. Not even close to a record, among snakes.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

How did she pack them all in?

[guidofatherof5]

He says she looks really thin now. I would have liked to see a before and after photo.

[ProXimuS]

Wow Steve, I second that YOWZA! That's a little extreme! So do parietalis commonly have large litters? I'm also wondering, can they mate more than once? Like for example: When a dog is in heat, she can mate more than once, with more than one dog during that time, and therefore (possibly) have more puppies. Can snakes do this?

[guidofatherof5]

Parietalis females are big snakes and usually have large litter but this is larger then most.

[Invisible Snake]

Pics or it didn't happen!

[guidofatherof5]

Pics or it didn't happen!

I will see what I can do.

[Steveo]

That's crazypants.