Any idea on sex?

[gina]

Can anyone help me with the sexing of my two 9 month old sals.

 

[dot]

In order to determine sex, you may want to try to get a picture of their vents (underside, between their back legs).

Also check Jen Macke's article on sexing caudates:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/sexing.shtml

 

[gina]

Okey dokey i shall try that when my camera is charged,thanks.

 

[william]

the one on the bottom seems to be a male

 

[gina]

Ok i did my best with these pics,please bare with me,lol,i was trying to hold one in one hand and take pics with the other,excuse the eco earth,they like to get messy!!
Ok these 3 are of the bigger of the two:

And these are the smaller one:

 

[pamela]

I only have experience w/C.orientalis, but I would say you have a boy, and a girl.

 

[gina]

Yep i thought that too! Now for the really dumb question,i have been keeping geckos and tree frogs for quite a while and know that geckos will breed no matter what and whites tree frogs won't unless given the right conditions,what about these two,will they breed if left or do they need something special,i really don't want to breed,i keep my animals as purely pets,so i'm hoping they won't!!

 

[rubén]

Yes... I would say that you have a pretty couple

 

[gina]

Thank you...can anyone tell me which is male and which is female?

 

[jeff]

The larger one (the first set of pictures) is the female, and the smaller one (the second set of pictures) is male. I'm not very experienced with Fire Salamanders, but I believe they won't breed unless there is a cooling down period first, then a warmer period to stimulate breeding behavior.

(Message edited by tmarmoratus on March 03, 2005)

 

[gina]

Thanks for that Jeff,thats a relief to know they won't breed without help!!