I have an adult pair which consists of an orange-tan "buckskin" female and a male that is greenish gray with BRIGHT yellow/white "fire" markings. I have gotten a total of 10 eggs for the year and so far all the offspring have been a reddish-maroon color. This was the coloration of my female when she was young. However, out of those 10 hatchlings, 8 have the bright yellow firing markings. The unfortunate thing is that the 2 "buckskin" babies both died within 3 days of hatching. My oldest hatchling, about 5 or 6 months of age, is appearing to be female though. As well as the second oldest, which is 1 month behind the oldest in age.
Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Bob Herrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re:ciliatus question > I have a question on sexing Rhacodactylus ciliatus. I have been breeding > 1-2 pairs for about three years now and at about 6-8 weeks of age, there > are brightly colored individuals which have in my experience (they ones > that I kept) turned out to be males and then the other buckskin (gray) > individuals that have turned out to all be females. Can you sex these by > color long before the hemipenial pouches appear?? > Bob Herrington, Ph.D > Dept. Biology > Georgia Southwestern State Univ. > Americus, GA 31709 > http://scimath.gsw.edu/bherring/ > > ########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > ########################################################################### > >
