Snake virgin giving birth

For the second time in two years, a captive snake in America gave birth without any relationship with the opposite sex.

Snake virgin giving birth

Membrane snake snake left in the cage.(Photo: AP).

According to AP, the golden belly snake at the Nature Conservation Center in Missouri, USA gave birth in 2014 and resumed birth in July. The snake lives in captivity that isolates males for nearly 8 years. . Its caretaker found many egg membranes laying in the cage.

However, none of the snakes survived, two children born last year are on display in the center. Jeff Briggler, a reptile researcher from the Missouri Conservation Agency, said that "virgin" females who give birth are rare, but still occur in some species due to parthenogenesis .

It occurs in the number of insects, fish, frogs, birds and reptiles, including several snakes, but does not appear in mammals.Virginity is a form of asexual reproduction . In particular, new individuals develop from unfertilized eggs, meaning that they do not carry the genes of males.

His caregiver said, it is most likely the first golden belly snake in a species known to reproduce asexually. Before it, no individual has been recorded for each product.