The Memphis Zoo achieved a world-first feat in reptile conservation by hatching three Louisiana pine snakes, one of the rarest species in North America, from frozen sperm and artificial insemination.

A very special clutch of snakelets have just arrived at Memphis Zoo, USA, born through a methodology that marks a world-first for reptile reproduction. They are Louisiana pinesnakes (Pituophis ...

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The team collected, froze and eventually thawed semen from a donor male and inseminated female snakes, the zoo said.

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The team collected, froze and eventually thawed semen from a donor male and inseminated female snakes, the zoo said.

The team collected, froze and eventually thawed semen from a donor male and inseminated female snakes, the zoo said.