Sudan Plated Lizard
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=== Sexing === | === Sexing === | ||
Sexing is very difficult in plateds unless you have another same-species lizard of the opposite sex to compare it to. They both have femoral pores which excrete a waxy substance. The males are more prominent than the females. There is only one 100% way to tell what you have. Even comparisons can be shaky depending upon the time of year and seasonal changes. Getting a DNA test using a spot of blood is the only sure-fire way if you are just dying to know. However...the only problem here is getting the blood. It means, at the very least, clipping a toenail toe short. Here is a website if you can bring yourself to do it complete with instructions and a printable blot page. [http://www.zoogen.biz/ Zoogen Incorporated] has been used for many years in bird sexing and have been very successful in sexing reptiles, too. | Sexing is very difficult in plateds unless you have another same-species lizard of the opposite sex to compare it to. They both have femoral pores which excrete a waxy substance. The males are more prominent than the females. There is only one 100% way to tell what you have. Even comparisons can be shaky depending upon the time of year and seasonal changes. Getting a DNA test using a spot of blood is the only sure-fire way if you are just dying to know. However...the only problem here is getting the blood. It means, at the very least, clipping a toenail toe short. Here is a website if you can bring yourself to do it complete with instructions and a printable blot page. [http://www.zoogen.biz/ Zoogen Incorporated] has been used for many years in bird sexing and have been very successful in sexing reptiles, too. | ||
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