MALE HAVE WIDER AND GENERALLY MORE STURDY-LOOKING HEADS THAN FEMALES , AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE ABOVE PICTURES.
THIS METHOD IS QUITE SUBJECTIVE AND IS THEREFORE BEST PERFORMED ON A GROUP OF SIMILARLY-SIZED ANIMALS .
ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE WITH PRACTISE TO QUISKLY PICK OUT
A LEOPARD OF A PARTICULAR SEX USING THIS TECTNIQUE, THE NEXT METHOD IS MORE ACCURATE.
MALE LEOPARD GECKOS AGED 3-4 MONTH AND OLDER HAVE TWO CHARACTERISTICSTHAT ENABLE THEM TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM FEMALE.
THE PRE-ANAL PORES OF MALES (INDICATED BY TOP ARROW) HAVE OBVIOUS CENTRES, WHEREAS THOSE OF FEMALES ARE JUST DOTS.
THE POST-ANAL AREA IN MALES (INDICATED BY BOTTOM ARROW ) IS ENLARGED AND FORMS A PAIR OF SWELLINGS ( CONTAINING THE HEMIPENES ) . IN OLDER MALES THESE SWELLINGS CAN EVEN BE SEEN BE WHEN THE GECKO IS ODSERVED FROM THE SIDE.
FEMALES DON'T HAVE THESE SWELLINGS.
