Sexing tips for kwei's and taliang's

[paris]

ok, the pattern i noticed before on taliangensis seems also to apply to kweichows, so it seems that orange patches on the 'biceps' must act as a form of nuptual pad in both these species, this would suggest they have similar courtship to p waltls. this makes sexing pretty easy by a quick look, do other people who have these 2 species agree with this observation?

 

[michael]

This seems to hold out with my animals. i don't think you can always go by this. Just because you don't see the orange markings may not mean it's a female. it might be an imature male or male in poor condition. It seems to come and go as the condition of the male changes. From what I've seen they are very easy to sex in breeding condition.

 

[paris]

i was just thinking of a handy way to tell a clueless dealer how to get you the right gender ratios, you are right about immature and out of season males, but like the tail spots on pachytritons if you see it there is reasonable to think you have an adult male for sure

 

[foster]

Paris,
I have noticed this in several of mine as well(both species) however in several of the kweichow's there is more of a streak as opposed to a patch.
Chip