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Hi, ive had my male collared more than 3 years now, as some of you may remember "FrogDog", i havent posted in a while though

Question: I have always noticed the long row of larger scales running down the inside of both hind legs, but recently I noticed they all had grown, not in width but length away from the leg, like little tassles hanging off, at first I thought this was just normal for an almost adult male collared and I havent looked at him much lately, he recently came out of a long hibernation, but some of the "tassle" things fell of when I touched them. Is this some way of secreting something instead of out the normal spot?

I should know this by now, but this is why Forums exist, thanks

(you can barely see the rows of cells Im talking about in the picture, but this was taken before they had grown)

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it's definitely a male thing, my guys have them but they are not very big or fringy, so i have never seen them fall off, but they are useful for marking territory. look up femoral pores or femoral plugs and you should find more info. i would look it up for you but i have been researching a paper all day!
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Those are femoral pores. When Ezra self-brumated his grew too. I think they are for marking territory.

Here's Ezra when I first got him, still really white on his underbelly.

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-Nicole

2.1.0 collared lizards
2.0.0 side-blotched lizards
1.0.0 desert tarantula
small tropical fishes