Are Snakes Asexual?

Although asexuality has been observed in certain wild snakes, most of these animals go through a mating ritual. Most female snakes instigate this ritual by releasing pheromones as they slither across the ground, attracting mature male snakes which come up to rub their chins against the back of the female snake’s neck; this is the start of the courtship between the snakes.

To show that the female snake is receptive to the male’s advances, she raises her tail. The male snake then raises his tale and wraps it around the female’s. The male snack inserts his sex organ into hers when the time is right and mating begins.