sexing D. tenebrosus

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I am having a hard time finding any info on the subject and was wondering if their would be a reliable method for sexing terrestrial adults in the field. I am mostly interested for noting my photos correctly from the field, but may also use this as a popluation ratio study, and if any permitted collecting for lab purposes were to happen, i wouldn't want males to fight... thanks for any help.

The only info i have found is males have slightly longer tails comapred to similar bodied females, and that they are built slimmer... the cloaca is more swollen during breeding but in a population where breeding may occur at any time during spring or fall that doesn't seem as reliable.
 
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