Do you see what I see? Check out this beautiful common garter snake spotted at our Davis Nature Preserve. At this size, it is likely a female, since female garter snakes grow larger than males. A bigger body allows her to carry and give birth to a larger litter of live young. Unlike many reptiles that lay eggs, garter snakes give birth to fully formed baby snakes in late summer, sometimes as many as 10 to 40 at once. In the fall, garter snakes spend the last few warm days soaking up the sun, hun