BTS tail bases during the breeding season

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BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby James Wilson » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:50 pm

BTS tail bases during the breeding season
Sexing BTS (in this case Northern BTS) during the breeding season is usually posible if you compare tail base as seen in these two photos.

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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby Alioop » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:30 pm

Those are excellent photos James. Thank you so much for posting them!
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:48 pm

Bill Schwinn, a merauke breeder, said that the base of his males tails enlarge during breeding season.
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby phaemas » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:58 pm

James may I ask WHAT theese animals were doing in this picture?? :hehe:
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby Jeff » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:04 pm

This is right before the skinks did what they do to make babies.
6.10.9 T. s. intermedia
2.2.7 T. s. scincoides
1.2.1 T. nigrolutea
2.2.0 T. r. rugosa
1.2.3 T.g. keyensis
2.0.5 T.s. chimaera
0.0.0. T. occipitalis
0.0.0. T. multifasciata
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby phaemas » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:15 pm

Nice way to explain it jeffXD I was jokingXD
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby Jeff » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:21 pm

I was trying to avoid the answers I thought you might get to that question.
6.10.9 T. s. intermedia
2.2.7 T. s. scincoides
1.2.1 T. nigrolutea
2.2.0 T. r. rugosa
1.2.3 T.g. keyensis
2.0.5 T.s. chimaera
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby phaemas » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:29 pm

:doh: :kw:

Good thinkin Jeff:)
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:33 am

I thought they were cuddling...
Whatever... :roll:
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby phaemas » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:35 am

Yes monitor
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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby Katrina » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:21 pm

James - do you have some males that you just don't see this in? I have a couple that even when breeding I see no sort of bulge or enlargement (very possibly hidden by fat, they aren't overweight but they aren't skinny either).

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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby James Wilson » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:49 pm

Currently I have one other mature male, and his tail base is looking about the same as the other male. I have noticed this on nearly all of the breeding males I have had in the past.

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Re: BTS tail bases during the breeding season

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:59 pm

Why don't you breed Meraukes?
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