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I don't have enough experience with tegu's to know exactly where/what to feel for. If he was a monitor, I'd say he was a male based on the difference in the firmness and diameter of his tail where his hemipenes would be. I took a close up pic of the area where the enlarged scales usually are and I see nothing. But, I have yet to find any info on what age these scales are visible, only length. If most Tegu's reach 2' at 6 months, and the spurs appear at 6 months, than it's easy to say they show up at 2'. But what if the animal reaches 2' at 3 months? I still haven't found anyone with a gu as young as ours with spurs.
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[QUOTE="Quijibo, post: 54153, member: 1209"] I don't have enough experience with tegu's to know exactly where/what to feel for. If he was a monitor, I'd say he was a male based on the difference in the firmness and diameter of his tail where his hemipenes would be. I took a close up pic of the area where the enlarged scales usually are and I see nothing. But, I have yet to find any info on what age these scales are visible, only length. If most Tegu's reach 2' at 6 months, and the spurs appear at 6 months, than it's easy to say they show up at 2'. But what if the animal reaches 2' at 3 months? I still haven't found anyone with a gu as young as ours with spurs. :?: [/QUOTE]

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