Hi Froggie,



oh, sorry, I obviously mixed up some things. So the animals in the last post were the supposed lepidogaster, not armata.

Don´t know why, but I misunderstood this.



Anyhow, I still tend to say that the ID as lepidogaster true-at least for the female, the male looks a bit unusual to me.



Your armatas are really nice specimens and they definitely belong to this species.

The dark animal I´d say is 100% female.

The other specimen displays a colour and pattern which would be quite typical for males.

But I am afraid, I am as lost as you are: I think, the hemipenis bulges should be more visible.

Anyhow, from my Gonocephalus I know that there can be sigificant variation in the size of hemipenis bulges.

I had one male chamaleontinus, which could easily be mistaken for a female when looking at its tail base but definitely was male and also showed male colouration.

So again, I think, I can´t help you much, but I think there is still hope.

The overall appearance of the animal is male ...but fat belly and thin tail base still leave the question open. Not easy!



best regards



Ingo

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