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Hi, for you what is them sex?
 

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Re: My notophtalmus

Third one looks like a male, the others are too skinny for me to tell with any certainty.
 
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Are these location animals? How old are they? How long time have they been in water?
Martin
 
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1. male
2. can't tell
3. male

But those are just bad guesses.
 
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I agree with erin. And these animals are not in the breeding mode. Mu females are very fat at the moment and the males tails are darkenet and doing the happy dog :)
 
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I don't think they're bad at all. Looking at the hind legs of the first noto I've changed my opinion, though it remains difficult.
 
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It's tough because I really can't see much of a difference in the cloacae of animals outside of the breeding season, so I have to rely on the size of the back legs and distribution of tail spots to make a guess.

eta: They're also a little thin - give those Notos some worms.
 
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the first and the second are the same however I don't know the age because I have buy they from a pet shop
 
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Uh oh. A pet store. That explains how tiny they are... Probably wild caught too...
 
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So if the hind legs are larger than the frontlegs, then it's a male or is it opposite? I'm afraid I've got two males then :-(
 
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Typically, males have thicker back legs when compared to females. Its not 100% though but I'd assume its mostly accurate. And it's not bad to have two males you know :)
 
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They use them to straddle the females during amplexus, so they need all that muscle mass for sexy-leg-locking! :D
 
True that daedae! Hehe.. It'll be tough to breed them if I only have two animals and both are males ;-) But thanks for helping out. Now I, at least, "know" how to sex the small critters.
 
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