the cambridge natural history zoology sperma eggs 53 fecundation of the female without actual copulation the female takes up such a eleposited spermatophore with the cloacal lips squeezes the sperma out of the capsule which remains behind and either conveys the former into a special receptaculum seminis eg in salamandra afra and in triton or the spermatozoa wriggle their way thanks to the undulating tail directly up the oviducts to the ova the spermatophores are composed of a colourless soft gela tinous mass which is probably produced by the cloacal gland the shell of jelly rdmc70.jpg from küssen mit sperma m View Photo