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Yes, male snakes do. In a snake it is called the hemipenis. It isn't easy to find because it is tucked inside the vent, not on the surface of the body. There is a technique that herpetologists use to evert it if it is present. Looking for the hemipenis is the best way of sexing a snake.

An interesting note is that snakes have two (the plural is hemipenes). However, they only use one at a time.
The reproductive organ of a snake is called a hemipenis. The organ is basically two penises joined at the base - although the snake only ever uses one or the other - never both at once !

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Male snakes do not have penises like mammals do. Instead, they have two hemipenes, which are located in their tail. Hemipenes are used for reproduction by being inserted into the female snake's cloaca during mating.

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Snakes don't have "penis's" in a traditional sense. They do however posess two hemipenes.

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Only male snakes do. If they didn't there would be no baby snakes!

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Yes. In fact, some lizards such as crocodiles have a split (dual) penis.

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two,its called a hemipenis

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yes

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