I was wondering what a hemipenis looks like , for exemple when using the so-called "popping " technique to have it shown on juvenile snakes... i'm no expert and i'm not gonna try myself in fear of hurting it , still , i was wondering what does that !@#$%?&*( !!! thing look like , you know , it kind of intrigues me....any body can post a picture of that or show me a link to one...or maybe one of those snake biological drawing/chart of somekind ! Thanx in advance ....
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Hemipenis /sexing question
nimdu
Nov 14, 2003 09:00 PM
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chrish
Nov 16, 2003 06:58 AM
Here's a few pics of some hemipenes -
http://www.pythons.com/probing.html
http://ntri.tamuk.edu/herpetarium/viperidae/herpetarium/viperidae/c.v.viridis/cvvhemipenis.html
http://www.vpi.com/9VPITipsAndTechs/DeterminingTheSexOfSnakes/medium/BurmHemipenes0a170.jpg
and here is a good pic of the a "popped" hemipenis of a young snake -
http://www.vpi.com/9VPITipsAndTechs/DeterminingTheSexOfSnakes/medium/DeterminingTheSexOfSnakesM3.htm
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