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I hae a water dragon that I can not get a definite sex of. I have a pic of "her" younger(sitting on the branches) and two taken tonight. They are a bit blurry, but can anyone tell by the neck spikes if it is female or male. I am horrible with time, but I'd say I have had her for a year, so add however old they are normally sold at, in pet stores.
thanks

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**********Misty**********
We are the people our parents warned us about!

1.1.2 bearded dragons
0.1.1 water dragons
2.4.5 leopard geckos
15.23.7 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
5.2.0 king snakes
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Leucistic rat snakes
0.0.1 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

Hi Misty ...I would say female.
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Thanks
Jim
Home Grown Herps

Adult Male Dragon

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Thanks
Jim
Home Grown Herps

the male reminds me a lot of an iguana
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**********Misty**********
We are the people our parents warned us about!

1.1.2 bearded dragons
0.1.1 water dragons
2.4.5 leopard geckos
15.23.7 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
5.2.0 king snakes
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Leucistic rat snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

Adult Female Dragon

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Thanks
Jim
Home Grown Herps

ah, yes. i would have to say mine is definitely a female. I am not sure about the younger one as it is still too young to tell. Thanks for the great pics. It helped a lot
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**********Misty**********
We are the people our parents warned us about!

1.1.2 bearded dragons
0.1.1 water dragons
2.4.5 leopard geckos
15.23.7 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
5.2.0 king snakes
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Leucistic rat snakes
0.0.1 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

By just the looks alone, female. But it isnt always the case. You almost always cant tell gender until 2 years of age. What you can do, is lay your dragon on the palm of your hand, its head facing away from you, gently lift the tail and underneath the vent (tail part, not belly part) you will either see one or no bumps, thats female, or two bumps for males. Those are hemopenil buldges. Also, you can look on the inner thighs, darker, more pronounced can identify male, and smaller/less visable whiter bumps are shown for females, these are femoral pores, although that is NOT always the best way of sexing. I would go for the bumps by the vent as a better way of sexing. Females also have rounder tails, while males get more triangular. Females have pear shaped bodies, and of course the big crest and body length spikes for males, with what looks to be more of a "backbone" underneath the spikes on the back.

I would guess female, but you cant know for sure until about 18 mos.