| Viviparity - live birth (think mammals)
Oviparity - birth from eggs (think birds)
Ovoviviparity - birth from eggs that remain inside the mother's body
Necroviviparity - Ovoviviparous eggs hatching after the death of the mother
Pretermitted Oviparity - birth from special eggs that do not hatch until dried and re-exposed to water at least twice | 
