Breeding monitor lizards in captivity: Part two - determining the sex of your monitor(s)

In this video we examine different sexing techniques used to find out if a monitor is a male or female.

Credits
Daniel Bennett generously provided an excellent photograph of savannah monitor feet, showing the unusual staining developed by males

Dr Danny Brown generously provided very helpful information on hemipenal transillumination and allowed the usage of his photographs of this technique being applied to Storr’s monitors.

For more detail on hemipenal transillumination, download Dr
Brown’s paper at http://varanidae.org/Vol3_No1_Brown.pdf

Justin Butera generously provided excellent profile photographs of male and female savannah monitor heads, as well as the tail base of a female

Dr Jonathon Gordon Howard generously provided very helpful information on using X-ray to determine sex in monitors, as well as two X-ray images. Visit Jonathon at https://www.facebook.com/jonathon.g.howard

Dr Shane Simpson generously provided very helpful information on using ultrasound to determine sex in monitors. Dr Simpson can be contacted at: Karingal Veterinary Hospital 328 Cranbourne Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199 P: +612 9789 3444

Professor Samuel Sweet is always a generous source of helpful information on all things monitor and kindly allowed me to use his illustrations of hemipenes and female internal anatomy for reference.

Yvonne Tracy generously provided an excellent photograph of a male savannah monitor tail base

Lori Zeschner generously provided an excellent photograph of a male savanna monitor tail base

Sound effects:
Flashlight switch on/off: http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Crowd Gasp: Audio Grip https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQZCHGxuiCGUIUBi8XUsDQ

Illustrations:
DNA illustration: BSG Studio, all-free-download.com
(all others by crocdoc)

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