Sexing reptiles Flashcards
Sexing chelonians.
Males have a longer, thinner more pointed tail. Females have a shorter, thicker tail.
Male plastron may be concave, female flat.
Male turtle claws are longer than females’.
Sexing russian tortoises.
Is similar to all chelonians: males = longer, thinner tail with a slit.
Females = shorter, thicker tail with a rounder star-like cloaca.
Sexing elongated tortoises.
Based on plastron shape.
Males have a sharper angle versus females with a more curved angle.
Male plastrons may also be slightly concave whereas females’ are flat.
Sexing lizards.
Males have hemipenal bulges at the base of their tail.
Dependent on species, males tend to have longer spikes (iguanas) and higher crests than females. As well as larger jowls and a colorful throat.
Sexing lizards.
Male chameleons vs female.
Males have a heel spur, females do not.
Tail-base bulges in males.
Sexing snakes.
To sex, you probe the cloaca.
Males have hemipene pockets in their tail-end, into which sexing probes will go further than in females without the pockets.
Male tail tips are thicker than female.
