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I want to get a mate for my argus monitor, but I am not 100% sure of its gender, and I don't want to end up with 2 males. It is about 2 feet and 1.5 years old. I thought it was a male, but I think it should have bigger hemipenal bulges by now if it is. It is petite like a female, but it is still small, so I am not sure. Can anyone post comparison pictures of hemipenal bulges or similar sized/aged monitors with known genders?

The monitor is hissing and trying to poop in these pictures, so they may be skewed images of what it actually looks like.

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Ball Pythons:
1.2 Normal
1.2 Pastel
0.1 Black Pastel
2.0 Het Orange Ghost
0.1 Orange Ghost
0.2 50% Het Orange ghost
1.3 Mojave
1.2 Spider
1.1 Albino
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 Piebald
0.1 Double het, Albino Pied

Other:
0.1 Irian Jaya x Jungle Carpet python
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Tiger Retic
1.1 Burmese Pythons
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
2.5 Corn Snakes
1.0 American Alligator
1.0 Savannah Monitor
0.0.1 Argus Monitor
1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1 Brown Basilisk
0.1 Ambanja Panther Chameleons
3.4 Crested Gecko
0.1 Sulcata Tortoise
1.1.1 Sugar Gliders
1.1 Puppies

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Ball Pythons:
1.2 Normal
1.2 Pastel
0.1 Black Pastel
2.0 Het Orange Ghost
0.1 Orange Ghost
0.2 50% Het Orange ghost
1.3 Mojave
1.2 Spider
1.1 Albino
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 Piebald
0.1 Double het, Albino Pied

Other:
0.1 Irian Jaya x Jungle Carpet python
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
1.0 Tiger Retic
1.1 Burmese Pythons
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
2.5 Corn Snakes
1.0 American Alligator
1.0 Savannah Monitor
0.0.1 Argus Monitor
1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
0.1 Brown Basilisk
0.1 Ambanja Panther Chameleons
3.4 Crested Gecko
0.1 Sulcata Tortoise
1.1.1 Sugar Gliders
1.1 Puppies

That is a pristine animal. Very Very nice! I don't have much experience with argus but it looks sexually mature and it's lacking some bulges. I'd vote female if anythng but my vote doesn't count.

My guess is female, but a whole body shot would help.

Cheers,

Luke

That's a female. I have a male about half the size of that one and his bulges are really pronounced even at his size.