Sexing Ichthyophis

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Any have a clue how to sex these things? There isn't much out there on them. Would love to figure out what I have and how to breed them.
 
I have a clue, but that's it...

1) body shape - females should be larger and fatter if well-fed.

2) cloacal morphology - like Typhlonectes it appears that some other non-typhlonectid caecilians do have dimorphism with regard to cloacal morphology, but it might be far more subtle. If you have a good group of them, take photos of them from underneath in a bare aquarium and see if you notice some differences. This works for Geotrypetes - females have a smaller cloacal "disc".

If you don't have a good group and a high probability to have both sexes, well...who knows?
 
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