Snakes Genital apparatus

Rhynchophis boulengeri Ovary Primary follicle Vitellin I passes granulosa

Rhynchophis boulengeri Ovary Primary follicle Vitellin I passes granulosa (Arrows)

Lampropeltus getulus Egg Follicle Ca deposit in follicle membrane

 

Lampropeltis triangulum Egg follicle Theca infiltrated and  granulosa loosening

Lampropeltis triangulum Egg follicle Granulosa loosened from Theca + exudate

 

Pantherophis guttatus Ovary interstitium. Haemorrhages (Trauma?)

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Vitellin membrane thickened, homogenous and folded

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell, Lake of proteinaceous material between shell and vitellin

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell, Lake of proteinaceous material between shell and vitellin

Python m. bivittatus ovary early activity

Boa constrictor Ovary. Egg follicles. various stages of development

Pantherophis guttatus 3090618048 Eggshell unraveled Wet mount Obj 4 P Zwart.

Pantherophis guttatus 3090618048 Eggshell unraveled Wet mount Obj 25 P Zwart.

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Mamillae

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Mamillae (wet mount)

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Mamillae (Irregular Ca deposits)

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Mamillae (Irregular Ca deposits)

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Mamillae (Irregular Ca deposits)

 

 

 

Pantherophis guttatus Oviduct.  Regional atrophy of glands. Fibrosis

 

Pantherophis guttatus Oviduct. Regional atrophy of glands

 

Pantherophis vulpinus Oviduct. Glands atrophic; Fibrosis HE Obj 4.

Pantherophis vulpinus Oviduct. Glands atrophic; Fibrosis

 

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg Calcium deposits on shell around pores

 

Pantherophus guttatus Egg Irregular calcium deposits on shell

 

Pantherophus guttatus Egg Outer layer, defect

 

Thamnophis r. haydeni Ovary Vitellin ovariitis (Patient deprived of seasonal variations in day light)

 

Thamnophis r. haydeni Ovary Vitellin ovariitis (Patient deprived of seasonal variations in day light)

 

Eunectes murinus Egg follicle torsion

 

Epicrates fordii Salpingitis, edema of the mucosa

Boa constrictor Oviduct Eggs degenerated and inspissated

Boa constrictor Wax eggs P Zwart

 

Boa constrictor Wax eggs Cross section

 

Candoia carinata Egg follicles in resorption

Acranthophis dumerili Wax egg Yolk inspissated (still in oviduct)

 

Boa constrictor Egg follicle Degeneration

 

Boa constrictor Ovary Follicle degenerated and collapsed

 

Python molurus Egg pipping; + Dead young and yolk

Elaphe moelendorfii Young dead in egg At the end of expected incubation period

 

Thamnophis sp. Salpingitis

 

Boa constrictor Salpingitis

Orthriophis taeniurus Egg emptied via abdominal wall. Produced 5 days after intervention

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg shell Inflammatory exudate on surface egg.

 

Pantherophis guttatus Egg  shell; inflammatory process on inside egg shell.

Pantherophis guttatus Ovary Sec follicle Pyogenic membrane + bacteria and heterophils

Pantherophis guttatus Ovary, follicle, pyogenic membrane – bacteria in vitellin

 

 

Pantherophus guttatus Ovary Fat tissue. Free vitellin granules partly phagocytosed

 

Python regius Yolk sac resorption

Python regius Yolk sac resorption

 

 

 

 

Stegnonotus diehli. Egg binding

 

Stegonotus diehli Egg in Oviduct (normal)