NUMBER OF YOUNG PRODUCED BY 

 THE COMMON GARTER SNAKE 



Definite records of the number of young produced 

 by any species of reptiles are always interesting and 

 valuable to those interested in the life history of ani- 

 mals. The following observations concerning the 

 number of young produced by the common Garter 

 Snake (Thomnophis sirtalis), may therefore be 

 worth recording. 



This snake is well known to be viviparous. It is 

 the most abundant snake in the vicinity of Lake Max- 

 inkuckee, Indiana. On July 26, 1900, a female three 

 feet long, was killed by me just west of the lake. 

 Upon cutting it open 40 young snakes, each six to 

 seven inches long, were taken from the mother's body. 



This number we thought very large, but Dr. J. 

 Schenck, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, records 78 young 

 each three to seven inches long, taken from a female 

 of this species 3.5 inches long. 



Does any reader of Copeia know of a record of a 

 larger number? 



Barton Warren Evermann, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Edited by J. T. Nichols, American Museum of Natural History 

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