garter snake breeding question.

[scottman]

What's the average amount of babies a female will give birth to? I had a wild caught coast garter that I found in Humboldt county that turned out be pregnant and she gave birth to five babies but I've heard they can have alot more than that.

[John1982]

Depends on size of female, age, species, etc. The average is probably in the ~20 range with extreme cases being anywhere from just a few to nearly 100 babies born in a single litter.

[Albert Clark]

There is a known average just as John says. And all those factors play into the number of offspring a single female will give birth to at a given time. Different species and sub species of garter will also have varying numbers of young. Such as a fully grown adult female Plains garter will give birth to more babies than a similarly adult female pastel checkered garter.