Is my Panther a boy or a girl?!?!

[Chigimonky]

Hi I just bought a Nosy be Panther cham a month ago and I'm not sure if its a girl like I thought. She is about 6 weeks in these pics. Lately she has been flashing some blues and is lookin a little bulgey down there. Take a look at the pics and tell me what you think!

 

[Leilaskeeper]

I say female

 

[EazyBaKe0vEn]

I think you may have a male but I'm not a 100%. Perhaps you can try and get a better underside picture? Unless someone else can also verify?

 

[Leilaskeeper]

I say female because of the colour .. brownish/orangey tone

 

[Cjd713]

Post some pictures of the back of it's back feet. If it's male, it will have little tiny spurs.

 

[Lizardlover]

I say female because of the colour .. brownish/orangey tone

It is a male, Im almost positive, females are a much oranger.

 

[pssh]

Okay you need profile pictures with the tail straight out. Panthers do not have tarsal spurs and the color would not be an acurate way to sex at 6 weeks.

 

[Lizardlover]

Post some pictures of the back of it's back feet. If it's male, it will have little tiny spurs.

no it won't......

thats only with C.Calyptratus

 

[Lizardlover]

Okay you need profile pictures with the tail straight out. Panthers do not have tarsal spurs and the color would not be an acurate way to sex at 6 weeks.

yes but you can get pretty close, females are much oranger, even at birth.

 

[pssh]

no it won't......

thats only with C.Calyptratus

Not only C. Calyptratus, but that is the most common species that shows tarsal spurs in the males.

EDIT: But you thought mine was male just from color

 

[Fidel]

Looks like a female to me.

 

[Lizardlover]

Not only C. Calyptratus, but that is the most common species that shows tarsal spurs in the males.

EDIT: But you thought mine was male just from color

would you care to name a few other species that can be sexed by tarsal spurs?

 

[pssh]

Certain 'locales' (is that what they are refered to as?) in flap necks have tarsal spurs

 

[Lizardlover]

Looks like a female to me.

look at those red spots and faint barring though. the only way to be sure though is tail base

 

[Cjd713]

Not only C. Calyptratus, but that is the most common species that shows tarsal spurs in the males.

EDIT: But you thought mine was male just from color

I know that my C. Calyptratus baby had them, and I had heard that other species do too. I think it's probably too early to determine just by color, but I'm not really an expert on Furcifer Pardalis.

 

[Chase]

Post some pictures of the back of it's back feet. If it's male, it will have little tiny spurs.

Wrong. Thats with Veileds, and some in the dilepis complex. I think is female. But, if you can get some closer pictures of the vent area, you can get a definite answer.

 

[Lizardlover]

Certain 'locales' (is that what they are refered to as?) in flap necks have tarsal spurs

would you happen to mean subspecies

you may also want to include C. quilensis as another species that can be sexed by spurs, C.d.petersii is the subspecies I think you were referring to, as well as C.d.dilepis.

 

[OldSkoolxReasons]

Female, even without a pic of the tail base I'm pretty sure. Even if you can't see the bulge you can kinda tell by the thickness of the tail base. It is harder to tell in babies but more times than not males have thicker tail bases. Plus the colors "says" female more than male but that is not even close to 100% either. Their are exceptions to any of the rules except the bulge. Lol.


Justin

 

[pssh]

Oopsie Thanks

EDIT: I feel really lame now. I can't belive I couldn't remember the word subspecies.

 

[Julirs]

Looks female to me. You cannot always go by color on young Panthers-it is much safer to go by tail base. Check out this pretty female-