Mating-induced ovarian recrudescence in the red-sided garter snake

✍ Scribed by Mary T. Mendonça; David Crews

• Book ID: 104678285
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 374 KB
• Volume: 166
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-7594
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00240012

✦ Synopsis

In the female red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) mating initiates a neuroendocrine reflex that has both a short-term (within hours) effect on circulating estrogen concentrations and a long-term (6-7 weeks) effect on ovarian development. The perception of mating appears at least facultative, if not obligatory, for the initiation and maintenance of vitellogenesis and hence successful reproduction.