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Originally Posted by Steven@HumboldtHerps
Ovoviviparous - where developing eggs are initially nurtured by mother and later embryos are nurtured by a placental yolk within the egg/ "incubated" and "hatched' (slipping through the membrane - no shell) via the mother.
Garter snakes, most vipers, most boas... are all OVOVIVIPAROUS!
At least that's what I have learned. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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I agree with you.
I think it was fairly recently that they started using the word "ovoviviparous". In all the books I have, right up until the ones printed in the 90's, they still talk about reptiles being "viviparous" vs. "oviparous". I understand if people use the word viviparous in this context.