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Snake and Lizard Reproduction - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 08:03, 25 July 2008
, 08:03, 25 July 2008→Phallus
=== Phallus ===
=== Phallus ===
* Paired hemipenes
* Stored in the base of the tail.
** Visualised externally by bulges at the ventral proximal tail.
* Only one hemipene is used during copulation.
** Erected by vascular engorgement and muscular action.
** Everted to protrude through the cloaca.
* Sperm passes from the ductus deferens into the male urodeum.
* Sperm is then carried in a groove down the hemipene to be deposited in the female cloaca.
== Female ==
== Female ==