. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Figure 33. Hemipenis of Liopholidophis sexlineatus (Gunther). Fully everted organ of MCZ 180333 (from Ambatolahy near the RNP), shown In sulcate (left) and asulcate (right) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Liopholidophis stumpffi. The follow- ing description is based on the right organ of FMNH 18219, a topotype. The inverted organ was studied superficially in situ, be- fore removal and eversion using the meth- od of Pesantes (1994). Although the ever- sion was successful, the tissue probably is not as expanded as would be an
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Figure 33. Hemipenis of Liopholidophis sexlineatus (Gunther). Fully everted organ of MCZ 180333 (from Ambatolahy near the RNP), shown In sulcate (left) and asulcate (right) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Liopholidophis stumpffi. The follow- ing description is based on the right organ of FMNH 18219, a topotype. The inverted organ was studied superficially in situ, be- fore removal and eversion using the meth- od of Pesantes (1994). Although the ever- sion was successful, the tissue probably is not as expanded as would be an organ everted from a fresh specimen. Thus, al- though details of ornamentation are easily discernible, the overall shape of the organ, which has rather narrow, unexpanded lobes, would probably be more similar to that described earlier for epistibes. Before removal, the organ extended to the level of the suture between subcaudals 8 and 9, bifurcating at the level of the suture between subcaudals 2 and 3 (hence, having a short stalk and long lobes). The everted organ is approximately 12 mm to- tal length, bilobed for the distal 9-10 mm (about % bilobed). The sulcus is centroli- neal, dividing about 3 mm from the base of the organ. The lobes diverge from one another but may to a greater extent in a naturally everted organ. No basal pockets or lobes. Overall, the organ is deeply bi- lobed, noncapitate, and acalyculate (en- tirely spinose), with a deeply bifurcate centrolineal sulcus spermaticus. The sulcus spermaticus is a deep groove, bifurcate for about ^A its length, the branches terminating at a central depres- sion at the tip of the lobes on the same side of the organ. The orientation of the sulcus is therefore centrolineal. The distal de- pression of the lobes would likely assume the "umbelliform" shape seen in other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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