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[[Image:Burmese_python_kidneys2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Kidneys of a [[Burmese Python|Burmese python]]''' (Copyright © RVC)]]

[[Image:Burmese_python_kidneys2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Kidneys of a [[Burmese Python|Burmese python]]''' (Copyright © RVC)]]

The urinary system of snakes consists of paired lobulated kidneys and ureters that empty into the dorsal urodeum.  

The urinary system of snakes consists of paired lobulated kidneys and ureters that empty into the dorsal urodeum.  

==Ureters and Cloaca==  

==Ureters and Cloaca==  

Snakes have no bladder.  The ureter enters the urodeum at a urogenital papilla and urine refluxes into the [[Snake Digestive System|colon]] for fluid conservation.

Snakes have no bladder.  The ureter enters the urodeum at a urogenital papilla and urine refluxes into the [[Snake Digestive System|colon]] for fluid conservation.

[[Category:Snake_Anatomy]]

 

|full text = [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2009/20093069451.pdf ''' Reptile and amphibian renal systems.''' Wyneken, J.; Mader, D.; Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Chester Heights, USA, Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, 14th Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 14-18 April, 2007, 2007, pp 62-68, 13 ref.]

 

==Reference==

==Reference==

Mader, D.R. (2005). Reptile Medicine and Surgery. Saunders. pp. 49. ISBN 072169327X

Mader, D.R. (2005). Reptile Medicine and Surgery. Saunders. pp. 49. ISBN 072169327X