U. sikorae posing

[aquapimp]

Caught this one posing for me while spot cleaning . Just wanted to share. And oh, any opinions on sex given patterning? Vent looks female, but kinda young. A recently imported 3" specimen FYI ;-)

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Thanks!

 

[rhacoboy]

Very nice! I've got one that looks pretty similar, and she's a female.

 

[pakinjak]

How about a shot from above? From what I can see of that animal it looks like one I saw at the last White Plains show. I KNEW it was a female, but when I looked at it's vent I knew different. While sikorae do seem to be mostly sexually dimorphic, there are always those animals that don't fit the norm.

 

[aquapimp]

thanks guys. I 'll take a dorsal shot for ya.

 

[Salzy]

I'd guess that one to be male actually. The streaking look going lengthwise down the body always seems to be males from what I've seen. I agree with Kevin though, there are definitely some that just don't fit sometimes.

 

[aquapimp]

Thanks Kyle, that was my dilemma.... patchy female/semi vertebral stripey male (?)

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also... upon measuring, this animal is almost 4" (total length) and not much going on in the vent region. Oddly, the patchy/banded lichenous markings are becoming more pronounced with time.

 

[Salzy]

Interesting...I'm still calling male on this one though.

 

[aquapimp]

I'm kinda with ya... but no bulge at 4"?

 

[aquapimp]

where's Bruce Daniels?

 

[aquapimp]

and..... dots. do they mean a damn thing? seems predominate, but definitely not exclusive to females?

 

[Salzy]

Maybe...maybe not. 4 inches snout to tail is still a pretty small and young one. It might take a bit more time to know for sure. I just have that hunch it's male...ya know?

edit: ....and no, I haven't noticed the dots making a difference at all. All of my sikorae and sameiti have them.

 

[pakinjak]

It's a different species, but I have a young henk that looked female until last week. It's a full length animal, and now it's obviously male because of the hemipenes. Sometimes the're late bloomers, I guess.

 

[luevelvet]

and..... dots. do they mean a damn thing? seems predominate, but definitely not exclusive to females?

Females carry the dots more often than the males, IME. I know the Riverbanks Zoo has a male with spots, but again, I usually see the spots on females. :biggrin:


Cheers!

Luis

 

[aquapimp]

a note of interest: the known adult female imported with this group has a prominent vertebral stripe, as does the adult male.......

 

[Harley_Davidson]

Oh my! They are quite the interesting looking reptile aren't they.

 

[Suspensefulsteve]

I would guess male but, you never know. I would like to see some shots of the adult female with stripes though.