How do you know if an African fat tailed gecko is male or female?

Answer 1

Ask your vet/someone at the pet store. If you don't know what you are looking at, it's very hard to tell the gender.

You won't know until is either grown or about to be grown, but with males you see dots under it going into a shape of a v like this below

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but females don't.

Above the tail on their stomach there's a v shape that will be outlined will black centered scales.

A male Leopard Gecko has a set of chevron shaped pores on its underside and a bulky tail base.

the male has a distinct row of preanal pores in a v-shape just above the vent and also has 2 bulges just under the vent while the female has neither

Males have a V of darker dots in their pelvic region. Females do not have this. Also, males have 2 large bumps at the base of their tail which is absent in females.

If you are having trouble picking up the gecko, put it in a see through plastic container and look on the bottom...

The male will have a V on hes under belly at the two back legs. The female will have the V but you can't see it as well

Answer 2

Im not sure but i know that a male bearded dragon has lots of little lumps that you can see in between the tail and body.This may be the same for geckos. if so your geck will not have spots if it is female. hope it works out for you.

Lizard Lover

Answer 3

The rule for Leopard Geckos might apply for Mediterranean House Geckos. Try that. Or if your gecko lays an egg a few days after you catch it, you'll know. (That's how I found out! Sadly, the egg was infertile.)

Answer 4

At adulthood males and females can be determined by sexing. Sexing males is done by looking at the underside of the animal. Along the "Vent" closer to the base of the tail, are scales outlines with pores. Pores are small black circles that will outline a scale along the vent. With smaller species of gecko, the harder these pores are to see.

Answer 5

Well with males have purple eyelids and and females have rainbow!

Answer 6

Most geckos are sexually dimorphic. Those that are not; Males will show signs of pores around 6-8months of age. Female specimens will not exhibit and pores on the underside, beneath the vent.

Answer 7

The best way to tell is the males have holes under there arms and the females dont. The other way is the males would be between 86F and 90F and females would be between 80F and 85F.

Answer 8

On its belly, if there's a dark V-shape and two lumps, it's a boy. Otherwise it's a girl.