Comparative Anatomy

of the Male Genitalia

System of Reptiles
Group 4
1) Tan Minn Yi B0401201813
2) Teo Qin Yan B0401201818
3) Samira John B0401201819
4) Lee Xiang Zheng B0401201822
5) Rahmi Syarafina Hakim B0401201844
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Introduction
(Amrita Learning, 2013)
 Order of Reptiles

tortoise,
alligators, turtle
crocodiles, Crocodilia Testudines

tuatara
snakes, Squamata SPHENODONTIA

lizards,
amphisbaenids
4 orders of reptiles having...
Paired testis
Paired epididymis
Vas deferens
Mesorchium:
ligaments that unite the testis to epididymis
Crocodilia order: alligators, crocodiles

Rigid penis (always in an erection), hidden inside body

Shot out like a spring to the outside at the time of
copulation and is hidden again at the same speed

Have a largely
cartilaginous penis with
relatively small cavernous
components (Lane, 1996)
Testudines order: tortoise,turtle

Simple penis that is folded

in two in the cloaca, inside
the tail
During an erection, the
corpora cavernosa fill with
blood enlarging the penis, it
deploys and exits
Squamata order: lizards, snakes

A pair of penis:

Hemipenis

Ends can be smooth / spikes

to ensure grip to the

female’s cloaca
Sphenodontida order: tuatara

Only reptiles without a penis

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cloacal apposition known as
cloacal kiss
Comparative
Anatomy
MAMMALS (monotremes)
Gonads
Monotremes have

prostate and bulbar

urethral, but don't

have seminal vesicles.

 MAMMALS (MARSUPIAL)

Bifid (forked) penis

Scrotum anterior to
penis
Some marsupials lack
pendulous scrotum
Eg. marsupial mole,
southern hairy-nosed wombat
Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
 MAMMALS (primates)

Penis is spiney, dispersed,

small
Locking function

Male genitalia of placental mammmals. Mating

primates such as chimpanzees (h), brown
lemurs (a) or macaques (d, e, f).
MAMMALS (eulipotyphla)
Two retractor penis muscles
located dorsolaterally
Penis is directed to skull and
extends to umbilical region
Sigmoid colon flexion is present
AMPHIBIAN

Have cloaca
Frogs- Amplexus
Phallodeum in male caecilian
Caecilian and
Salamander have
phallodeum -
Internal fertilization
 AVIAN
Do not have penis
Compare with 4
orders of reptiles:
same as
sphenodontida
order (Tuatara)
F SH Gonopodium

Fish Reptiles
Gonopodium Penis
Genitals
/Cloaca /Cloaca

Function Used to send sperm

 Video Time!
The evolution of animal genitalia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vcPJkz-D5II&t=168s

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