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=== Phallus ===
 
=== Phallus ===
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* Paired hemipenes
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* Stored in the base of the tail.
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** Visualised externally by bulges at the ventral proximal tail.
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* Only one hemipene is used during copulation.
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** Erected by vascular engorgement and muscular action.
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** Everted to protrude through the cloaca.
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* Sperm passes from the ductus deferens into the male urodeum.
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* Sperm is then carried in a groove down the hemipene to be deposited in the female cloaca.
    
== Female ==
 
== Female ==
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