The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . ickly to the door of their cage whenit is opened, and take their food readily from ones fingers. Like all of the striped snakes, the Garter Snake is a viviparousspecies. It produces large broods of living young—which maynumber as high as fifty. Usually born in August, the youngsnakes at once shift for themselves, feeding almost entirely uponearthworms until hibernating time. With the moist groundof the s
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . ickly to the door of their cage whenit is opened, and take their food readily from ones fingers. Like all of the striped snakes, the Garter Snake is a viviparousspecies. It produces large broods of living young—which maynumber as high as fifty. Usually born in August, the youngsnakes at once shift for themselves, feeding almost entirely uponearthworms until hibernating time. With the moist groundof the spring, earthworms arc abundant, and the young reptilesgrow rapidly. They soon begin feeding upon young toads andfrogs. With this diversity of diet the growth is further might be explained, however, that through life, although theGarter Snake feeds largely upon batrachians, it remains voraciouslyfond of earthworms. Young specimens that are upon good feed-ing grounds are about mature when a year old, and breed duringthe following spring. Following are several records of the birth of these snakes,showing the variability of the number produced. 236 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE LXXI. BROWN GARTER SNAKE, EuKenia equesThe very broad head, black patches on the temples and narrow, whitish central stripe are peculiar to this species
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