How does a stingray reproduce?

Answer 1

Mating season occurs in the winter. When a male is courting a female, he will follow her closely, biting at her pectoral disc. During mating, the male will go on top of the female (his belly on her back) and put one of his claspers into her vent.

Most rays are viviparous, bearing live young in "litters" of five to ten. The female holds the embryos in the womb without a placenta. Instead, the embryos absorb nutrients from a yolk sac, and after the sac is depleted the mother provides uterine milk.

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Answer 2

Stingrays reproduce through internal fertilization, where the male inserts claspers into the female's cloaca to deliver sperm. Female stingrays give birth to live young, called pups, rather than lay eggs. The gestation period for stingrays can range from 2 to 12 months, depending on the species.