[ **up: [[Squamates]]** ] --- # Snakes | Serpentes (Suborder) --- ## Taxonomy - **[[Life (Biology)]]** - **[[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]]** - **[[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]]** - [[Chordates|Chordata (Phylum)]] - [[Reptiles|Reptilia (Class)]] - [[Squamates|Squamata (Order)]] - [[Snakes|Serpentes (Suborder)]] <small>SNAKES</small> --- ## Description ### Anatomy - [[Do snakes have ears (and how do they hear)？]] + [[Do snakes really have two penises？]] --- ## Reproduction - [[Do snakes mate with their tails coiled together？]]? ### Delayed fertilisation - female storage of sperm - [[2023-0629. Female snakes can store sperm for up to 5 years (and possibly longer). If she has mated with multiple males, her clutch or litter can be a mixture of offspring from multiple fathers.]][^1] ### Selective fertilisation - female choice of sperm - [[2023-0629. If a female snake has mated with multiple males, her clutch or litter can be a mixture of offspring from multiple fathers. Furthermore, she can control which fathers' sperm she uses to fertilise her eggs.]][^1] [^1]: Andrew Durso, ‘Why do snakes have two penises?’, *Life Is Short But Snakes Are Long*, 19 March 2014. https://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2014/03/why-do-snakes-have-two-penises.html.