In a message dated Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:51:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No, you can't sex them by color in my experience. I've hatched females > that are fire morphs, red-brown and tan and I have males of several > of the same morphs, including the plain tan colored ones. > > Neil Meister > > > > >(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?? > > > >I don't know, but I have experienced the same thing: the guy I gave most of > >my buckskin babies to says they are all female. > > > >Barbie >^,,^< > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/ > > > > > > > >########################################################################### > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > >########################################################################### I'll simply say that I have "held back" my most brightly colored and/or most highly mottled individuals, and with ONE exception (and I'm not sure about this one), they have been males. The colors of the ones I've kept range from yellow (I think of it as squash) to dark orange. I have decided to keep ALL my hatchlings from August on just to see if some of them will be females. One of my customers told me she thinks many of the ones I've sold her are males; I've sold her an assortment of colors and patterns. This prevents me from saying that my experience corroborates yours. Since it seems I have had so many more males than females hatch, I'm wondering if this species is STD. I incubate at fairly cool temperatures and for fairly long periods of time.
