[ **up: [[Reptiles]]** ] --- # Squamates / Squamata (Order) ## Anatomy ### Generative organs #### Hemipenes [[2023-0629. The two penises of squamates (snakes and lizards) are called hemipenes; individually, each is a hemipenis.|The two penises of squamates (snakes and lizards) are called hemipenes; individually, each is a hemipenis.]][^1] [[2023-0629. In squamates, each hemipenis is associated with a single testis.|Each hemipenis is associated with a single testis.]][^2] [[“Hemipenes are one of the shared derived characters of squamates (snakes and lizards), distinguishing them from other reptiles”.]][^3] --- ## Taxonomy - **[[Life (Biology)]]** - [[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]] - [[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]] - [[Chordates|Chordata (Phylum)]] - [[Reptiles|Reptilia (Class)]] - [[Squamates|Squamata (Order)]] <small>SQUAMATES</small> [^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. [^2]: 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. [^3]: 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.