Like most snakes that give live birth, garter snakes leave their mother soon after birth. Snakelets are typically around six inches long and grow to about two feet long as adults. One of the ...

Like all garter snakes, the Mexican garter snake gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs. On average, about half the females in a population will give birth each year, and they will birth ...

Smaller, fast-breeding species, like garter snakes, tend to have shorter lifespans ... different lifespans than those that give birth to live young, though the difference is often species-specific.

A garter snake may take only 2 years to reach maturity ... At this stage, they can mate and lay eggs or give birth to live young. In addition to mating, adult snakes need to hunt and survive ...

BREEDING: Giant garter snakes breed from March through May, with males immediately searching for mates after emerging from winter retreats. Females give birth from late July through early September.