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Is it a boy or girl? Not good at this lol

M3rKzZx

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Is it possible to tell the gender from this photo?
 

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A close-up head-on of the vent that shows just under the edges well should clinch it. BBs you'll feel.
 

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Do you have any pics or vids that I can see to help me check? @Walter1
If you google up sexing tegus, there are some good visuals to show the difference in scalation between the sexes.

Just below the cloaca, near either side, a male, no matter how young, will have enlarged scales. The female won't.

Your pic was sort of an upside down one. Couldn't be certain, but looked female.

I don't remember when, but definitely beginning at a young age, you can feel the male's BBs alongside the base of the tail. These are associated with allowing for the male's hemipenes to evert during mating.

Keep posted. Let's figure out which you have.
 

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Is this picture better? @Walter1
Yes. Looks very much to be a male. I wish I could show you on the picture. If you draw a line south from the edge of the cloaca just to before the tail, you'll see a short line of three rows of large scales. That says male.
 

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Thanks! So it is a male after all :) actually happier that I don't have to rename him lol and also I have a question do you know if male genes are more dominant then females on tegus? So let's say I have a albino tegu would being a male make it a higher change of them coming out more albinos or gender doesn't matter? @Walter1
 

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Thanks! So it is a male after all :) actually happier that I don't have to rename him lol and also I have a question do you know if male genes are more dominant then females on tegus? So let's say I have a albino tegu would being a male make it a higher change of them coming out more albinos or gender doesn't matter? @Walter1
You're welcome. The gender won't matter.
 

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I knew I'd get it! Now I have to flip my "girl" over and take a look. I thought I felt BB's earlier. Should BB's be palpable at 17"?
 

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I knew I'd get it! Now I have to flip my "girl" over and take a look. I thought I felt BB's earlier. Should BB's be palpable at 17"?
I don't know for sure but might be too young for their formation. So, maybe, but don't sweat it if you don't. Feel around the side of the "smile", south to the enlarged scales you just circled. See what happens.
 

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