Definition of Oviparity (Oviparous)

Oviparity is a A way of reproduction which is characterized because the female of this or that species she lays eggs, developing then the embryo outside the body of it. On the contrary of what happens with those species viviparous in which the embryonic development of young takes place inside the body and they leave the body at times of parturition. Meanwhile, in oviparous, birth occurs when the egg hatches. The birds, reptiles, fish, insects they are the main representatives of this type of reproduction.

Basically, then, the female will deposit the eggs in an external environment, normally protected from predators and in conditions of safety, and right there the development of the embryo takes place that ends with the hatching of the egg as we already indicated. The shell is hatched and the young hatch, a picture certainly familiar to people that we often see in nature itself or it is also a situation very represented in the media communication visuals.

Even the very egg, which consists of a solid and rigid structure, acts as the main protector of the young thanks to these

The size of the eggs varies from species to species, because for example, female ostriches usually shed the largest eggs of the oviparous class.

Also, what varies enormously is the number of eggs that a species can lay, in some cases like hundreds of sea turtles and in other cases the number is much less.

It is worth noting that the oviparous can place their eggs on the surface, just as reptiles and insects do, or they can do it in the Water. In the first case, they will be deposited in the indicated place after an internal fertilization process, while in the case of the second, the eggs are laid without being fertilized.