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  1. Premature sperm ejaculation in captive African brown house snake <em>Lamprophis fuliginosus</em>

    Premature sperm ejaculation in captive African brown house snake Lamprophis fuliginosus

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AnthonyJ. Wilmes --- Saint Louis University, USA DustinS. Siegel --- Saint Louis University, USA RobertD. Aldridge --- Saint Louis University, USA
    Many ophidians exhibit prolonged copulation, a behaviour hypothesised to be the result of a slow and gradual ejaculation process or a behaviour aimed toward reducing sperm competition (male mate guarding). While observing courtship behaviour in a captive colony of the...