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RE: is this true?

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Posted by: Bill S. at Mon Nov 5 19:04:12 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bill S. ]  
   

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

   

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