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Old 04-Mar-07, 11:44 AM
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Thanks for the feedback guys i'll implement a "how-to-sex" section if i can (depends whether i'm allowed to edit it).

Well, there are a number of visual clues to sexing, one is the base of the tail (a wider base indicating a male), the other the angular or narrow nature of the head (angular indicating a male), but a superficial look at the vent is IMO 90% effective. Males have a large "dent" beneath the cloaca (i think i've got my terms right, someone let me no if im mixed up :S) whereas females have nothing. It's also important to note that sexing only becomes visually possible after the dragons reach about 10 months of age. Before this probing is the only sure-fire way, and even this has its flaws (apart from occasionally being dangerous). There is a technique known as "popping" where one is able to "pop" the hemipenes (lizard penis) into view, but I've never needed to perform this procedure, so I never have!
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