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Sexing Aneides lugubris

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Dear forum members,
Still finding it incredibly difficult to determine sex in this species. If anyone has any tips or tricks or images to help I would be grateful
Many thanks
Warren
 
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They can be very hard to sex until they mature. Mature males have much larger, wider more "angular" heads than females and are generally much skinnier. In my experience sub-adult males will have larger heads as well.

This website has great photos of both sexes and may give you a better idea of what to look for.

Arboreal Salamander - Aneides lugubris
 
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Thanks Otolith,
Im still a little unconvinced by the images on this website, sort of noteworthy that an adult female is not specifically mentioned.
It would be great if someone could post a high def image of a 100% adult male and female head, so I can really see the differences?
I suspect a lot of sex determination is done behaviourally, but a cast iron morphological method would be great.
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Warren
 
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