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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Jeff » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:51 am

Both of the smaller skinks look male to me. The bigger one does look female too.
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Richard.C » Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:44 pm

Look like a bro fest

They all look male to me,think jeff meant to say male for big one to,maybe had to many brown lemonades again,lol

Male northerns usually have massive heads compared to females,more jowly,though some big females can have sizable heads to,your ones though look quite distinctivly male to me,there nice looking northerns
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Richard.C » Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:53 pm

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This is a young pair,18 months roughly when pic was taken,note jowliness of male in comparison to females head
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Jeff » Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:09 pm

I actually did mean to say that the big skink looks male too! Not sure how that came out “FEmale"
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby donkeybuff » Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:20 pm

I would also say that they are all male. Good looking group!
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:43 pm

Thank you very much for your opinions.

I've never found the sperm plugs with the bigger skink (up). But I 've found the sperm plugs many times with the smallest skink (down) …

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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Lauriek » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:00 pm

It is very difficult to determine gender just by looking at them. Many here have stated that more 'jowls' indicates a male. I have a female with jowls so jowls isn't necessarily a true indication. Neither is tail to body ratio, nor head shape.
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Amicus » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:36 pm

The three year old female happen to be a male, well that is astonishing!
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:03 am

Today I found spermplugs of Buba (up on the photos) … so definitely I have two males … You were right …

up - Buba, down - Banana

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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby TJreptiles » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:51 am

They all are beautiful!
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:35 am

What do you think about the genders of below skinks (CB 2013) :

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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Richard.C » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:14 pm

A little trickier those 3 but from left i believe female,male,last one possably male but leaning female,how big are they?

Could be 3 females if similar in size to smaller ones above
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:28 pm

Richard.C wrote:how big are they?


6 months 300 gramms each
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Jeff » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:37 pm

Do you have any pictures that show the entire body and tail? I am having a hard time with the one on the left. The middle one looks mostly male, and the one on the right looks mostly female to me.
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:46 pm

Jeff wrote:Do you have any pictures that show the entire body and tail?


I will take some and post tomorrow.

Jeff wrote:The middle one looks mostly male, and the one on the right looks mostly female to me.


I think the same

"the middle looks like a male"

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"the right looks like a female"

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one photo from today : "the middle looks like a male" and "the left looks like ??"

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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Richard.C » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:50 pm

Female,male ,female,though last ones long head look could be a pre boofing male trait

Jeff,do u mean one on left looks mostly female and one on right being the tricky one?
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby Jeff » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:52 pm

From that last picture I would say male, but it will probably look different in a few months as it puts on some more weight.
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
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0.0.0. T. multifasciata
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Re: Request for assistance in determining gender

Postby AmicusDraco.eu » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:57 pm

Thank you VERY much :) I will post new photos for few moths ;)
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