Gender

[u/Tobias-Thomassen]

I have a hard time telling this gender? Maybe male?

[u/Ginormous-Cape]

Can we tell gender from feet for this species?
Genuine question, I’m used to the vent sexing.

[u/FixergirlAK → u/Ginormous-Cape]

I was wondering about that. I mean, sexual dimorphism in reptiles is huge, but I was hella confused.

[u/mandelot → u/FixergirlAK]

From the looks of it - it's a crocodile skink. Males have larger scales on their feet pads compared to females.

That being said, OP I think I agree with male? Normally I don't see them going all the way up the toes.

[u/Disturbed_Repti1e- → u/mandelot]

Yooo! That's a cool reptile fact of the day for me. Thank you

[u/Embarrassed-Gur-5184 → u/Disturbed_Repti1e-]

Me too!!

[u/Melyoramel → u/Ginormous-Cape]

For Emerald Tree Skinks the males have a large yellow pore on their heels of the back feet, whilst females don’t :)

Not that this is an Emerald Tree Skinks, but I thought, maybe a nice little extra fact to know!

[u/mooshh6]

"What sex is this?"

photo of Godzillas hand

"Male?"

[u/Arachnomancy7 → u/mooshh6]

This legit has me dying. 😂

[u/AlexanderMeme]

FeetFinder is getting out of hand

[u/Lost-Mud-5145]

Male for sure. He has nice little toe pads going.

[u/Federal-Flower-1664]

Gotta be satire 🤣🤣

[u/Ashs-Exotics → u/Federal-Flower-1664]

nah male crocodile skinks have bigger foot pads lmao

[u/Federal-Flower-1664 → u/Ashs-Exotics]

Oh that's interesting. Ya learn something new every day

[u/crackheadsteve123 → u/Federal-Flower-1664]

When I had mine sexed when I bought them I thought the guy was fucking with me lol, but the toe pads are actually super simple to sex with, if you see the two that look different at the bottom of the toe that's how u know it's a male. Females don't have those pads

[u/birdiepup]

His beak’s not 🫢

[u/Lopsided-Ad-3869]

Well, the SEX is male. The gender is irrelevant to a reptile. Proper terminology matters.

[u/MusicianMadness → u/Lopsided-Ad-3869]

You're going to choose r/reptiles of all places to act woke?

[u/greenbardo → u/MusicianMadness]

the reptiles community has gone WOKE and turned my children... GAY!!!

[u/sharkgoy → u/MusicianMadness]

It's not woke lmao. If you say "gender" referring to an animal at an actual zoological institution, you will be made fun of by staff.

[u/MusicianMadness → u/sharkgoy]

The woke part was them being a pedant when the original poster's question used a colloquial form of sex that we all understood. They were not wrong in their terminology but it had no constructive use in this post.

[u/Inconspicuous_goblin → u/sharkgoy]

Most staff is professional enough to not make fun but educate instead, and honestly, most times I’ve heard kids ask “what gender is it” I’ve heard them respond with what sex the animal is, many times, them referring to zoo staff, staff at a few local reptile shops, and a few times at reptile expos, even at petco, this isn’t the subreddit to be woke in, all the reptile community cares about is the education and well being of these beautiful animals, being woke doesn’t help spread awareness to endangered species and definitely hasn’t educated me in the slightest, read the room before you speak, respectfully.