I was interested in finding this out because a pair that is at the petstore I buy from keeps getting pregnant. They are EXCELLENT parents and produce awesome babies, but the dad just keeps getting the mom pregnant. Anyway, I used a calculator to try to figure out how many babies she could have in a lifetime...
She has about 12 babies per litter. The gestation period is approx 20 days. I used an average of 4 years for her lifetime.
365/20= 18 times per year possible to get pregnant
18x4= 72 times possible to get pregnant in her lifetime
72x12 (per litter)= 864 babies in her lifetime (about 216 babies per year if you want to change the number of years variable)
216 babies in 1 year
432 babies in 2 years
648 babies in 3 years
864 babies in 4 years
1080 babies in 5 years
Might not be the most accurate because that is if the female is immediately pregnant again right after having a litter, so those are like the maximum potentials, but still interesting to see. That's a LOT of babies!
Around twelve -- that's the average.
20 babies
12 - 23
12
That depends. The term black snake can apply to many different species of snake. The black rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus, sometimes called the black snake, is indeed a rat snake.
60 babies
no the rat that doesn't have babies might eat the babies be safe with the babies
No. A rat snake is not poisonous.
Rats... that's why it's called a rat snake.
There is no recognised species called a 'brown rat snake' - HOWEVER - Members of the Rat snake family are constrictors - not venomous.
over a hundred
Three rat-tle-snake
10 to 60 babies
how many babaies can a viper have/
The longest black snake in North America is named the black rat snake. The record size recorded of this black rat snake is eight feet in length. Which makes the black rat snake is the record longest.
is a rat snake able to kill a copperhead and rattlesnake