RED SIDED GARTER SNAKE BREEDING PIT
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
Narcisse, Manitoba, Canada
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The red-sided garter snakes converge on the Manitoba Narcisse Snake Dens every fall, following their snake senses to one of four den sites, where they winter in limestone cracks and crevasses that take them far below the frostline.
WHILE YOU’RE IN QUARANTINE SNAKES ARE GATHERING
They emerge in the spring, usually in late April, to breed in the dens before dispersing to woods and wetlands up to 15 miles away. The females give birth to live young — as opposed to laying eggs — and can produce as many as 40 snakes every other year, according to Manitoba’s Snakes Alive website.
They’re all about breeding when they come out in the spring, so right now, all they’re thinking about is breeding,” said Pauline Bloom, Central Region wildlife manager for Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship in Gimli, Manitoba. “And then after the breeding season is completed, they disperse out to their summer grounds for feeding and having their young. source
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