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 Juvenile brown anole sexing question

My fiance works in a plant nursery here in Saint Louis, Missouri and rescued what we are quite positive thanks to another identification forum is a female brown anole. About 43 days (yes, I counted) and $200 into caring for the brown anole in a 16 gallon enclosure, we discovered a baby. It turns out our anole, named Bobbert (it’s a long story, but yes Bobbert’s a girl) was pregnant and has since hatched another anole, who we found today almost turning into our cat’s lunch. It somehow escaped the terrareum and was running along the wall. It was almost pitch-black it was so stressed about my cat. It calmed down immediately once reintroduced into the enclosure.

I have read several sexing documents here. I am still having some problems- the mother has a tan diamond pattern starting on her head and smoothing out down her tail. The first baby (Bobbit, as in ’a bit of Bobbert’) has a completely smooth tan stripe down its entire body with no diamond shapes anywhere. The second baby (Boba Fett) has the same exact pattern as Bobbert, the mother. I have looked under the chin/neck of all three anoles and do not see any kind of dewlap or any coloration.

Do male brown anoles have tan stripes down their backs like females? If so, are they straight as opposed to diamond-shaped? Are all of my anoles females? I am utterly confused at the moment.

Here are some photos... none of them show the patterns very well...


Bobbert, the mama.


Bobbit, the first baby.
06/26/06  09:16pm

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 Juvenile brown anole sexing question

You will probably have to wait a few weeks on the baby to determine sex. Maybe even as long as another shed or two. If it doesn’t have the diamond shaped pattern, it is a male. Males may have a stripe but do NOT have the diamond shaped dorsal pattern.



06/27/06  08:00am


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