sexing castelnaui

[bk201]

help sexing castelnaui + pics

i know the pictures not good but this is a castelnaui/northern velvet gecko is it a male?

and maybe to small but this is a slightly smaller one bad quality pic to

few pics to

 

[kupper]

yeah bud it looks male to me , that lighter one is pretty cool was it sold as a hypo?

 

[bk201]

They were just sold as castelnaui hatchlings. There colours change 3-4 times a day both go light and both can go dark and a few different colours inbetween.

 

[kupper]

hmmm nice animals , never really kept gecko's interesting

and im pretty confident that you have two males

 

[bk201]

thanks for the help lol, 2 males always my luck when buying hatchlings

 

[kupper]

i could be wrong mate , maybe seperate them and see if the other ones bulges get bigger

 

[Southern_Forest_Drag]

Id go with a male for the darker one, how old is it?

 

[bk201]

got it like late dec 08 when i think it was a few weeks old

 

[Southern_Forest_Drag]

id confidently say that the first ones a male, the other one looks female to me.

 

[Freeloader]

Send a PM to spongebob. He sexes them by their spurs.

 

[spongebob]

No need for a PM here I am!

First one (darker of the two) definite male-hemipenal bulges and pronounced spurs can be seen in the third photo. The other one looks female, but a clearer vent photo would help. Another feature is the shape of the under tail area-more rounded in the female and flatter in the male. Photos one and two seem to show this.

Bob