Deciding the sex of a Panther chameleon

[BigPapaProteus]

Hey everybody,

I seem to run into this problem all over the internet and with other chameleon owners/breeders. Its very tricky figuring out the sex of a panther without making an expensive appointment to a reptile vet. Any tips to give, and as an example I will use some pictures of my panther, Proteus.

 

[BigPapaProteus]

more pictures

 

[Olimpia]

You seem to have a male

It's really not all that tough to sex them, it just takes a trained eye sometimes. But you can sex them right out of the egg by looking at the base of the tail. It's thicker in males and often times has a subtle "bulge" that the females don't have.

 

[camimom]

Well yours is a male.

male panthers are larger, have thick tail bases, and bulges in the vent area, and obviously.. the colors.

 

[lojack13]

Cool! How old is he? I'm still having trouble sexing my Panther as well. Breeder sold her to me as a female but then admitted he was not positive when I picked her up and that it might be a boy. I'm seeing subtle coloration coming in on mine, of course this does not necessarily mean its a boy but I just wanted to get an idea of how old yours was.

 

[gacpro]

I still don't know what I have. I have 2 panthers that are about 3mos old and I can't tell. Sometimes the one has more of a peach color while the other shows very defined markings and some green around the cheeks. I have some female Nosy Be's that have orange around the eyes.
BTW, we (my wife actually) became new Cham owners just a month ago and we now have 4 total. We need help controlling ourselves...lol These littles guys are just amazing to watch and fun to care for.

 

[BigPapaProteus]

mine is about 1 year old, he's starting to get a sort of big and when he is stressed he shows flashes of red and turquoise, but I never really could decide what sex he was cause his colors when he was just chilling were just kind of a dull green.