sexing

[manville]

How do you guys tell the difference between the male and the female i have seen some differences in pictures but i dont really get where you see it at. Are there any good sites out there that are really specific?

[choriona]

you'll have to be a bit more specific.
What species are you trying to sex?
Usually the males have a thicker base where their tail leaves the pelvic region due to their extra manly packaging. lol. Males are larger and often more colorful in dimorphic species.
Male veileds have a tarsal spur that is located on their hind legs at the junction of the toes, and it points dorsally.

[Collide]

Male Veilds have a spir on the hind feet and the base of there tail is bigger due to the storage of there " manly " parts lol (hemipenis) , this can be seen in hatchilings makein veilds the easiest chams to sex, females do not have thses spirs.

Male

http://www.elev8r.com/chams/maleveild.gif

Female

http://www.elev8r.com/chams/female-veild.gif

these were the best images i had to sow this.


Other chameleons are harder to sex when very young but the base of tail, coloring, shape of casks all are signs of the sex Some chameleons are extremly hard to sex and some are easy.

[panther_dude]

a female panther chameleons head casque ridges will also be less deffined. Also the males casque usually ends with a small scoop like projection on the tip of the nose

[Chris_Anderson]

With veileds and some other species, specimens can be sexed from a young age by the tarsal spur: http://www.adcham.com/html/husbandry/glossary/tarsalspur.html

With other species, the hemipenal bulge is the most acurate method although it can be difficult in young animals and some species don't have large differences: http://www.adcham.com/html/husbandry/glossary/hemipenal.html

In adult animals, coloration, patern and morphological variations can be used to determine sex. Rostral protrusions are often one such indicator: http://www.adcham.com/html/husbandry/glossary/rostralprocess.html

If you have a particular species in mind or a particular age, it would help us be able to be more specific.

Chris

[manville]

Thanks now i know what part i should look for. I havent seen any small bump at its back leg so i think its a female right now but i am not too sure though it is still really young.

[manville]

sorry btw i have a veiled chameleon at about 2 months old.