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Now i know most mali males are darker browns and blacks with yellows on their backs and females are usually tans. My 6 month old mali is tan, but has the phemoral glands of a male. Id there a certain age that the males begin getting darker or are they born dark?

Males won't start showing their coloring until they are a year or two old. I have a male that is reportedly over three years old who is just now really showing his blacks. I don't know how reliable femoral pores are for sexing Malis. I know they aren't reliable at all for sexing Geryis. Hemipenile bulges are the best way to sex, but I don't know when those begin developing, either. I've not owned a Mali young enough to see the changes.

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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Uromastyx geyri (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Uromastyx dispar maliensis (Tank, Turtle, and Spike)
1.1 Uromastyx ornata (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
2.1 Anolis carolinensis (Bowser, Sprocket, and Leeloo)
1.0 Betta splendens (Mr. Miagi)
1.1 Felis domesticus (Roscolux and Jenny)

Here's a before and after pic of my male mali when I first got him (6 months old) and a current one of him (2 1/2 years old).

(I don't know if the pics will show up in order)

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1.1 Mali Uromastyx (Ra and Isis)
1.1 Satanic Leaftail Geckos (Diablo and Samael)

Sorry about that. The current pic is the first one. His baby pic is the second one.
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1.1 Mali Uromastyx (Ra and Isis)
1.1 Satanic Leaftail Geckos (Diablo and Samael)