I need to know how to sex a monitor without looking for a himipenis or size diff. like a scale count or if I can get a blood test, B/C i thank I might have 2 male Iran desert monitors!!!
thanks for the help
Jake
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I know sexing ?s come up a lot but...
jock
May 23, 2006 07:57 PM
Replies (5)
FR
May 23, 2006 11:18 PM
Hi Jock, there are no scale rows to count etc. But with desert monitors, males are totally different looking then females, If yours are half grown or more, post some pics and you may get what you need. Cheers
jock
May 24, 2006 02:20 PM
here are some pics. the little one is the one that is a "female" but i dont know. it is less food aggressive and more aggressive towards me. it is 20in long and 9.5in long SV. the first 4 pics. are of "her"
The bigger one is the one that that is male it is more food aggressive and less aggress towards me. He is 25in TL and 11in SV.
The second 4 pics are of the male and the last pic. is a comparison.
cheers
Jake
jock
May 24, 2006 02:21 PM
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jock
May 24, 2006 02:22 PM
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FR
May 24, 2006 09:29 PM
You say their both males, I say they are both females. hahahahahahahahahaha, I see no sign of a male yet. But it can still happen.
About your behavior stuff, with juviniles, they do not show sexual differences. That is until they reach sexual maturity. In the meantime, behavior is mostly just different individuals. Hmmmm, lets see, I have seen hugely aggressive juvis, that turned out female, and male. And timid individuals that also turned out male or female. Good luck
