Hello,

I have a 12 year old Rosy Boa who I assume is female, but during her latest shed I noticed a strange protrusion on the shed skin itself. Does anyone know what this is?


As you can see, it is located in the vent area. I never knew that snakes shed their cloacal linings as well. (If that is in fact what this is.) Is it evidence of hemipenes and that my Rosy boa is actually a male?

Thanks!
Rosy boa shed skin

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• Strange protrusion on snake shed - rosyraptor, Sun Aug 14 18:25:41 2011
• RE: Strange protrusion on snake shed - EricWI, Mon Aug 15 10:52:41 2011
• RE: Strange protrusion on snake shed - rosyraptor, Mon Aug 15 19:06:23 2011
• RE: Strange protrusion on snake shed - Kelly_Haller, Tue Aug 16 17:15:59 2011