Complex sentence: The female lays one clutch of 9 to 16 eggs in early spring, they are known to store sperm and lay up to six clutches per year in captivity, but it rarely happens in nature.
Split into simpler sentences: The female lays one clutch of 9 to 16 eggs in early spring. They are known to store sperm and lay up to six clutches per year in captivity, but it rarely happens in nature.