Live-bearing snakes (re: Frogstein and Birdstein)

Ron A. Zajac wrote:
> 
> Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote:
> >
> > In article <33B...@nospam.sm.luth.se>,
> > Veronica Karlsson <e93...@nospam.sm.luth.se> writes:
> > >PeteCasso wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >I'm quite sure that the snake is not pregnant, snakes lay eggs...
> > >>
> > >>        Ha ha ha, indeed! Funny!
> > >
> > >But they do! (and consequently they can't be pregnant)
> >
> > Amniotic eggs in fact: leathery ones, with no hard shell. Some
> > wiseacre will correct me, but I never heard of any snake give live birth
> > (i.e. have the embryo develop to full size with the egg-sack still
> > inside the mother's body).
> 
> There _IS_ a snake that gives "live" birth (tho it's just a timing
> issue; the offspring don't have belly buttons....).  I seem to recall
> it's the common "garter" snake.
> 
> How'd'ya like _them_ apples, "Baby Snakes"?
> 
> Disclaimer; I'm a herpetological ignoramus; anyone in rec.pets.herp want
> to set the record straight?  It's in the interest of science and ascii
> art!
> 
> --
>  Ron A. Zajac / NORTEL / 972-684-4887 esn444 / zajacATnortelDOTcom
>                These notions are mine, not NORTEL's!

	Well, it seems that i have gotten to this post before anyone else
managed to.....in fact MANY species of snakes give "live" birth, meaning
that the young develop fully in side the mother's body, in cluding ALL
boa species (pythons lay eggs), garter snakes, and many species of
venomous snakes.......i don't know how this argument arose, but i am
happy to be a contributing "wiseacre".  :)

				chris koester

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