Sexing Arboreals

[Eric From Cincinnati]

In BCC, and BCI, sometimes you can get a hint as to what sex it is by it's body shape and the presence of spurs next to the cloaca. Do ATB's, ETB's, or GTP's have similar traits or is the only way to know what you've got to probe them?

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

	Green Tree Python Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

	Amazon Tree Boa Amazon Tree Boa - The Amazon tree boa, Corallus hortulanus, is a close relative of the Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)

	Emerald Tree Boa The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) is a species of bright green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America.

[kemocut]

in all my reading i've never seen anything that said that sexing an arboreal is any different than and other boid. i believe that the cloaca spurs are present on both tree and ground dwellers.

	Arboreal Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.<br> In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or bushes.

	Spurs A pair of claws on each side of the cloaca which assist in mating. A spur is much more defined on a male

	Cloaca is the posterior opening that serves as the only such opening for the intestinal, urinary, and (usually) genital tracts of certain animal species.All birds, reptiles, and amphibians possess this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces

[Nexus]

Although the spurs are present size is going to be subjective, along with body shape the safest way to be absolutely certain is to probe. I have an ETB that has reasonably large spurs that I am assuming is a male, but in my case I don't need to be overly confident that this is the case as I have no intention of breeding.

Cheers
Nick

	Emerald Tree Boa The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) is a species of bright green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America.

[Shadraak]

man i noticed after his shed, that judas' spurs have gotten much longer this time, and very sharp lol.

	Spurs A pair of claws on each side of the cloaca which assist in mating. A spur is much more defined on a male

[CraigC]

Both males and females have spurs on ETBs. Usually, the males are bigger, but that is not always the case and you have to see a lot of animals to make the observation and tell the size difference. At least one breeder says that the tail size and shape is a visual determinator of sex. Again, you have to have a tremendous amount of experience and see a lot of animals.

There are only 3 ways for the average person to tell for sure. Probing is one, but with arboreals you need to be very experienced and it's a good idea to have a helper to ensure you don't hurt the animal and/or end up with lots of lovely puncture wounds yourself. The second way, and you have to wait until the animal is big enough to see the hemipenes, is to watch them poop. Those hemipenes pop right out and you have proof positive, particularly since a sperm packet usually comes along as well. The third, and again the animal has to be older, is to check the shed, you can see the little protuberances of the hemipenes with a clean shed.

Karen

	Emerald Tree Boa The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) is a species of bright green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America.

[NocturnalCreations]

There is no way to tell by looking at spurs. I have female Chondro's with bigger spurs than most of my males. Probing is the best way but you can turn your female into a male if you don't know what your doing and push in the probe.

Tim

	Spurs A pair of claws on each side of the cloaca which assist in mating. A spur is much more defined on a male

[CraigC]

Oops, forgot about popping and Craig reminded me. Again, in order not to injure the animal, kink the tail, etc, it should be done by a very experienced person. Very reliable in terms of determining males, but not 100% in determining females.

Karen