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How do you tell the difference between a female and a male Alligator Lizard?
Is it true that you can tell the sex by if their tail is round at the tip or not?
What are some other ways

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Mom to...
2 Bearded Dragons ~ Axel & Miracle
2 Alligator Lizards ~ Aqua & Twitch
1 Leopard Gecko ~ Montana
1 Sulcata Tortoise ~ Bradley Sniffy
2 Dogs ~ Alaska and Georgia
1 Cat ~ Jenna
3 Salamanders ~ Goliath, Alpha, Limpy
Many fish!

You have to look at head shape, unless you get lucky and have a male evert a hemipene. Males will typically have broader heads than females. In southerns, you don't start to see a noticable difference until the lizards are over two years of age. In my breeder pair of madreans, I can't see any discernable difference.

See below for a pair of southerns.

Thank you!
When can you tell with Northerns?
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Mom to...
2 Bearded Dragons ~ Axel & Miracle
2 Alligator Lizards ~ Aqua & Twitch
1 Leopard Gecko ~ Montana
1 Sulcata Tortoise ~ Bradley Sniffy
2 Dogs ~ Alaska and Georgia
1 Cat ~ Jenna
3 Salamanders ~ Goliath, Alpha, Limpy
Many fish!