19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Infected hemipenis
While a herping expedition I found this male individual of Sibon nebulata with an exposed and infected hemipenis. A really rare phenomena, apparently, product of an interruption of the copulation. When I found it the snake was sleeping and the hemipenis was already everted. I asume it was product of a past accident while copulation.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 11.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2021 |
Photo Location: | Uvita, Costa Rica |
Camera: | NIKON D7200 |
Copyright: | © Santiago José Monroy García |