Saturday, February 18, 2012

How do I tell the sex of a Green Iguana?

Is there anyway to sex an immature Green Iguana, and if not, at what age does sexing become possible? Also, what are the morphological differences between the two sexes?How do I tell the sex of a Green Iguana?Males have enlarged femoral pores which become more apparent with age. Look underside of hind legs for femoral pores. How do I tell the sex of a Green Iguana?You usually can not tell the sex of an iguana until a year of age. You can if your herp/reptile vet if they feels comfy w/ doing sex of your iguana for you, but personally I like to wait for that time.

This link will provide you of all the ways to possibly identify the sex, please read and see:

http://www.greenigsociety.org/malefemale鈥?/a>

- other links will also provide how to sex



Sites for you to read:

http://www.greenigsociety.org/ - http://www.iguanaden.org/ - http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/index.html

A great book to read and have on hand:

Iguanas for Dummies by Melissa Kaplan

Yahoo has some great sites for Iguana owners... these groups helped me and still help w/ questions .. if you'd like to join:

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/BabyI鈥?/a> - http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Iguan鈥?/a>How do I tell the sex of a Green Iguana?There are several ways... the best would be have a vet check it out but there are also visual cues. Usually males will extent there underneck flap in a display of dominence. The large scale in the region under the ear opening will be larger in males... Hope this helps...How do I tell the sex of a Green Iguana?
I was just trying to find out the same thing and came across this, it shows you pictures on how to tell.



http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9008/gender.html

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