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The Multipartite Testis of the Snake Leptotyphlops phillipsi

1967; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 1967; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1442190

1938-5110

Yehudah L. Werner, Karnina Drook,

Turtle Biology and Conservation

The testis of the snake Leptotyphlops phillipsi Barbour (L. macrorhynchus Jan) consists of 4-15 distinct ellipsoid-like units. Each contains one or more seminiferous tubules. Each tubule seems to open through a separate vas efferens into the epididymis, which lies parallel to the whole testis. The seminiferous tubules seem neither to branch nor to anastomose, but bear short diverticula. Giant nuclei of Sertoli cells are confined to the