- Undergo all embryonic development within mother's body, but do not have access to her circulatory system
- The embryo develops within an independent egg and feeds off of an independent yolk
- The egg hatches within the mother's body and live birth takes place
- This process uses an intermediate amount of energy
- The amount of offspring is also intermediate with an intermediate survival rates
- **Examples-** Some fishes, some insects and some snakes
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