Is my beardy male or female ?
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Jeannine
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Xcell
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Id say female
maddog-1979
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i was told that adult males have a row of glands along their inner hind legs and across the vent, kinda like little warty nodules. so far it has been true in all my males and not seen on any off my females. sorry the pic is not real good, but this is 1 of my malesView attachment 218856you can see he has about 8 or so of them here from his legs across the front of the vent
That's pretty awesome to know, my male doesn't have them but he is 2-3 years old and is a central (not sure if that makes a difference) the way i can tell he is a he is by the long vertical bulges up each side and his colour. thanks for the info
And what i mean by his colour is that he is brighter compared to the females i have (he is kept in a different enclosure and the people i got them off told me the other 3 were female and he was male), it sounds as if i meant that males are a different colour or brighter than females and i don't wish to be flamed for my wording being read wrong!
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Bel03
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Im glad we dont have to have pics taken like that to determine our sex! Geez wouldnt that be embarrassing! But anyway, if he is a he, he is very handsome, if she is a she, she is beautiful, sorry i cant help anymore then that, my knowledge of lizards stops at simply knowing it is a lizard!
wouldnt that be embarrassing! But anyway, if he is a he, he is very handsome, if she is a she, she is beautiful, sorry i cant help anymore then that, my knowledge of lizards stops at simply knowing it is a lizard!
maddog-1979
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i didnt know for sure what my first pair were until i came home one day to find 1 on top the other, then a few weeks later i had eggs,lol. so was pretty sure i had a male and female. at that time the male did not have any glands along his legs, and there was basically no difference in the bulge under the tail, so sexing can be pretty hit and miss for us amatuers. since then from my clutches iv'e bred the males seem to have a much wider head, the ones i have seen grow up (as some family and friends bought some) the males all have the glands along the legs, so thats what i use as the easiest indicator for me. pattern wise and colour i have not noticed much difference really, especially in hatchies, they all come out grey for me, but then grow in to their bright yellow/orange colours as they age
maddog-1979
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in my extremely proffessionally amatuer opinion i would say female. my proven males femoral pores ( thanks for supplying the correct name,lol) are massive and raised about 1mm, whearas my females are hardly noticable, like your pic above.
if you were near me i would lend you my high yellow male who is willing to hump anything right now, and see if you get eggs or a beardy fight,lol
if you were near me i would lend you my high yellow male who is willing to hump anything right now, and see if you get eggs or a beardy fight,lol
JasonL
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It's a girl.
Cyann
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from the looks of it i think i can see hemi-peen (not that great at spelling, thats just how it sounds) bulges so i think it is a male
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