Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

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Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Postby sungazer » Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:29 am

Hello everyone,
Does anyone knows my shinglebacks' sex?
I'm not too confident they looks a pair so I need some opinion.
Thank you for reading.
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Re: Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Postby mb606587 » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:13 pm

For guessing sake I'll say they both look male but I'm not saying that with confidence. Trying to sex them visually is not the most reliable method.
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Re: Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Postby kingofnobbys » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:34 pm

I've encountered a few pairs of wild shinglebacks in my outback 4x4 safaris and adventures, and when I was working on projects and metallurgical plants in the outback as an engineering contractor.

My friend who has a 3 breeding pairs of shinglebacks , tells me males have a bigger, wider head than females and their tails are longer with a point to it.
Females tend to have a shorter, rounder tail.

So I think B = boy , C = girl.

A reptile / herp vet can evert the hemipenis to confirm.
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Re: Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Postby acanthurus » Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:47 am

C is a male, and B probably also male. Could you please show some side on head shots and I could be more accurate.

These are western shingles (rugosa rugosa) so unfortunately tail length or size has no relationship to sexing.
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Re: Sexing of my Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Postby splashy07 » Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:22 am

They both look male to me too, but I keep Aspera which are even harder to determine gender.

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