Could very easily be an issue with the opposite sperm duct or something else malfunctioning on one side only.. Maybe only one side is fertile or functioning properly. This is another reason nature has male snake's typically stagger the use of their hemipenes so they have better odds at having good viable sperm whenever they happen to enconter a female, or even copulate with the same female soon after again. It's almost ALWAYS the opposite hemipenis that is used for the next copulation. I have been noting this for several years now and never payed much attention or gave it a second thought. When a good buddy of mine brought this to my attention a couple years ago after documenting the sides his Hondurans were using, I found it very interesting and started paying close attention to future matings at my place. Sure enough, 9 times out of ten the male uses the opposite one every successive time! be it Hondos, kings, corns, rats, etc...



.....strange but true!..





~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"



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