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I just thought I would share this with the die hard Thamnophis enthusiasts on this forum. Late last summer, a very large female common/Chicago garter snake, found near the Middlefork Savanna in Lake County, Illinois, gave birth to 86 neonates. Of the 86, only two were still born and the rest were released near the site where the mother was found. We have submitted the information to Herp Review.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation

There have been records of more.
Michael

Please provide references/journals/contributions, saying "there have been more" doesn't mean much (nothing personal). Thanks, Rob

Ok,

Garter & Ribbon Snakes---W.P. Mara 1994

H.Fitch---1965, University of Kansas, Musuem of Natural History 15: 493-564

The Garter & Ribbon Snake book, alot of people wouldn't count that as proof, but it's enough for me.

Michael Fedzen