Been sexing many types of reptiles by tail length and shape for decades, Snakes, turtles, lizards and more! Don’t know about the leps yet, but I guess it will work out nice.

I have also been studying the he-she (Aphrodite’s) syndrome for a few years now, it looks to be a captive art effect. Probably incubation related.

I also think a high number of males per clutch can be attributed to incubation, of course I will understand and know a lot more once I start breeding my captive hatchlings.

Until then all I know is that atmospheric pressure on the eggs prohibits normal growth, this affects development of the embryo and can disrupt sex chromosomes, how exactly I don’t know yet?

Something of significant value to us as keepers, is the new possibilities offered by low pressure fronts, this may very well lead to the discovery that these species take up to 3 times less to hatch in the wild, then our captives.

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