for Stockwell or any others interested in oci's

[damzookeeper]

Hey Roy, can you tell me which of these guys is the male and which is the female? I thought the larger head was male and smaller was female. but the larger head has the wider space between the back legs. Can you sort it out for me.
Sincerely, sexually confused. lol. Don't take that litteraly.

[Stockwell]

Oh Boy... It's hard to be sure. I find these guys quite hard to sex unless I can watch them in action after brumation.
Females have longer torsos. The one on the right looks like a female.
The one on the left has a very wide head, which makes it look like a male, but I am very interested in the regrown tail. This is common in males that have encountered other males in the wild(or captivety). But It appears to have autotomized right behind the back legs, and that isn't normal for males, as they would lose their hemipenes if the tail broke off that close to the body. Or maybe the spots are just rubbed off from fighting making it appear the break was closer to the vent than it really is.

It they are two males they will fight like hell if put together in a small tank. If they are a pair, they'll probably get along fine. Females will also co-exist if not pair bonded already with a male
You could test them that way but you must keep close guard and immediately intervene if fighting starts as they commonly break tails and legs.
They both appear to have some regrowth on the tails, so they've been fighting at one time or another but probably before you got them. Luckily the tails regrow fast.
Look for bite marks on the neck. Only females get bitten necks which occurs during copulations.
Lots of rear body wounds are more common in males, which always attack tails and the back leg area.

[damzookeeper]

Thanks. Here are some pictures of when I first got them. I got them in this shape and I haven't had them long enough to see if they will breed so I will know for sure this spring. Here is the page to see more pictures if you are interested.
ocellated skink pictures.

[Stockwell]

Ok, I think you have a pair.. in the first pic the male on the right appears to be regrown, about a quarter inch back, which is typical, as the penes are in that section, barely saved, obviously mother nature has made it so that part doesn't break off. It's more evident in the first pic than the recent pics. Females will autotomize right up to the back legs
Yes, they do clean up rather nicely though don't they.