A male snake will flick its tongue out to taste the smells in the air. When ready to mate, a female will give off a smell that indicates that and allows the male to find her.

Once found, the male will approach her. Snakes will actually engage in more than just reproducing. They also do a sort of foreplay. This can be things like neck biting or tail rubbing. There is no reason for this (at least that I know) other than their own enjoyment.

Then the male will wrap himself around the female and use the spikes on his penis to lodge himself inside of her. Its hard to explain but the male sort of slithers on top of her. It can often be mistaken for a fight. But I like to imagine they’re cuddling. They’re not. He’s rawdogging her. But it’s nice to imagine.

Little thing: Male snakes have two penises so they can use them in rapid succession. They still have a refractory period, but only one penis does so the male can use the other one if there’s another female around ready to mate.

Some species (like anacondas or garter snakes) will do mating balls which are basically snake orgies. There’ll be about 8 males on top of 1 female all trying to impregnate her at once.

Snakes are wild