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Can someone tell me if this is a female Paddletail?

Cfigliola

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Hi there,

I've got someone who wants to rehome their male paddletail and I am thinking of taking him as I already own a paddletail but we both want to make sure they are both of different sexes. His has bred before but his female died,
Pretty sure ours is a female but can anyone clarify?

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I would say probably a female Pachytriton granulosus. Species can be very hard to ID, and my confidence on gender is generally low.
 

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Almost certainly female. Be prepared to separate them if they don't get along. It might be fine, but you are taking somewhat of a risk putting any two paddletails together.
 
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