Chastity belts in gartersnakes: the functional significance of mating plugs

By R. Shine, M. Olsson, R. Mason. 2000

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Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success (2007, background): “Although several functions of secretory plugs have been identified (Lange and Loughton 1985; Matsumoto and Suzuki 1992; Andersson et al. 2000), the most obvious function is that they act as a physical barrier against remating ( Shine et al. 1999; Polak et al. 2001).”
Pick on someone your own size: ontogenetic shifts in mate choice by male garter snakes result in size-assortative mating (2001, unknown): “Plug mass declines with successive matings by the same male (Shine et al. 2000c).”
Why Did the Snake Cross the Road? Effects of Roads on Movement and Location of Mates by Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) (2004, background): “Adult female snakes found being courted in the den (and thus, known to be attractive) were collected, and their unmated status confirmed by the absence of copulatory plugs (Shine et al. 2000).”