I have two juvenile argentine b&w tegus and i was told that the males have two visible larger scales just below the vent and the females do not. Is this true? I need help sexing these two, they are around 6" to 8" stv and have no more green coloring.
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is this true?
c_bruck
Nov 04, 2007 10:39 PM
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Bill S.
Nov 05, 2007 07:04 PM
Yes. On either side.
I have seen them on babies, using an 8X Peak loupe. Each one looks like a rosette scale that's out of place among the other scales.
Row after row of similar scales, but one is noticeably different on each side of the vent. Each grows into a BB-sized bump when the male tegu matures.
You'll need strong magnification and a crisp loupe to see the two on a hatchling. But if you know where to look you will see them.
Bill
