sexing australian water dragon

[waterdragonjay]

hi all how do i sex my australian water dragon?here are some pictures of him any help would be great
many thanks james

[SnakeBreeder]

Don't these have femoral pores near the vent, running from one leg to the other?
Depending on age you can use these to femoral pores a lot of lizards.

[Nebbz]

get a pic of its bits best way to work it out, if it wriggles

gently turn it on its back and take a pic as quick as you can, sends them in to a kinda coma so not somthing to do all the time.

[Juzza12]

Doesn't send them into a coma nebbz, they have no diaphragm so it means when turned on their back they struggle to breath. Get pics of the femoral pores as others said

[waterdragonjay]

will get a pic up as soon as possible when you say female poures do you mean little spine looking things going from side to side near his genitals if so he aint got none i dont think used to have a bearded dragon that had these but my awd aint got none so i assume hes male but will get a pic up of his genitals asap just to clarify thanks for your help

James

[Juzza12]

Yeah the little dots on the thighs, if they're dark and bumpy it's male he they're light and smooth it's female

[Blaptica]

As an owner of many Aussie water dragons I think the femoral pores are not obvious in this species. The size of the crest and head are important indicators as well as chest and head colouration. Im afraid on my computer, the way the photos are displayed makes it difficult to see the detail. They are just too small !

If they can be posted larger i will try to help.

But I musy say though that despite having lots of experience with this species, i find they can be very difficult to sex when young.