The everted hemipenis reaches posteriorly to the eighth subcaudal scale.
The anal is divided, apical pits are lacking, the head shields are normal for a colubrid, and the hemipenis is bilobed having many large basal spines.
As can be seen in the above description, the hemipenis of C.
Distally the apices are widely separated, and the intervening space gives the hemipenis a slightly bilobed appearance in some species (especially C.
Although the pair was under observation at the time intromission occurred, the actual eversion of the hemipenis was not seen because the snakes were partly concealed by dense vegetation.
As she progressed the male was lifted from the ground, dangling limply suspended by his hemipenis and its base had become exposed.
The hemipenis is roughly cylindrical, but widest at the base (Fig.
On May 19 a pair were lying partly extended in loose coils, but immediately the female took alarm and darted away, breaking loose from the male; his hemipenis was exposed, and underwent involution and retraction in approximately 30 seconds.
The male's body may be bent in a semicircle, to one side of the female, or may be in an S-shaped loop, depending on whether or not the hemipenisemployed is on the side opposite to that on which the female is grasped.
Only onehemipenis is inserted, but occasionally the other may be everted also.
Sex hormones responses of the hemipenis of Eumeces fasciatus as reflected by organ weight.
In order to limit the number of genera to be compared with Tantalophis, only those xenodontines having apical pits and bifurcate hemipenisare considered.
On the other hand, if the nature of the hemipenis is of no importance in defining supergeneric groups of colubrid snakes, Tantalophis may have its relationships with Leptodeira and Hypsiglena.
In situ thehemipenis extends to the posterior edge of the thirteenth caudal.
Of the xenodontine genera Tantalophis approaches Leimadophis in general physiognomy; perhaps it represents an early divergent stock of Leimadophis that has undergone radical changes in the hemipenis and other characters.
The cavities of thehemipenis are connected by a branch with the dorsal artery, and it is by a flow of blood into them that erection of the organ is accomplished.
It has been observed that the presence of spines on the hemipenis is associated with much tougher vaginal walls.
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