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#1960084
Fj1482
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Atrax 
I have a very nice male Green anole. I wanted to get him a friend so i picked up what i thought was a female. Everything was great for the first few weeks but these last couple of days things have got a little weird. Instead of running away she now will head bob and display a dewlap. Is that normal for a female or is it a male. I’ve checked both of their undersides. My male is a male no question, he has those two larg scales just under his cloaca. The other one I’m not so sure. I don’t see anything, she is pretty small and it just might be hard to see them. Your input would be of great help.
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02/27/09 07:43am
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#1960144
Atrax27407
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Message To: Fj1482 In reference to Message Id: 1960084
Atrax
Male Green Anoles are identifiable as such even in the egg. Try using a magnifying glass. Rarely, a male will only have the enlarged postanal scale on one side but 99.9% will have them paired. The behavior that you describe is typical of a male. Females almost never confront a male - even if they are the larger of the two.
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02/27/09 10:36am
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#1960189
Fj1482
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Message To: Atrax27407 In reference to Message Id: 1960144
Atrax
Thats what I figured. They have been together now for a few weeks with no problems. I find it funny that it took them this long to fineally deside they had had enough of each other. Well, I guess it’s back to the pet store for the now little man, not little girl, and I get to try again. At least now I now about the scales and will have them flip them over for me and have a look. Thank you very much.
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02/27/09 12:56pm
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#2067464
Draconiz666
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Message To: Fj1482 In reference to Message Id: 1960189
Atrax
oh...all my females have a small dewlap and one of them will even confront the male!! She’s 100% female (unless males can get pregnant). He’s easily twice her size, and 100% male - he’s got a very large dewlap and has fathered far too many baby anoles to count! from what i’ve read, males have a much more pointy face than females
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09/04/09 04:23am
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#2068274
TwilightRealm
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Message To: Draconiz666 In reference to Message Id: 2067464
Atrax
All female anoles possess a dewlap. You can’t tell the gender of an anole just by dewlap or size of head or stripe alone. The only way to be 100% positive is like Atrax said, to check the postanal scales.
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09/06/09 02:11am
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#2079247
Anole_lover_16
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Message To: TwilightRealm In reference to Message Id: 2068274
 Atrax
all female anoles have a small dewlap. I recently discovered that i didn’t have a large female but a small male haha.
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10/01/09 07:38pm
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