Incubating temps/sexing

[James45]

Ok guys this question has been in my head for awhile now. I know with Alligators and crocs it is possible to maximize your male to female output or vise/versa by slight differences in incubating temps so i and wondering if this is possible with Chams and other reptiles?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Ok guys this question has been in my head for awhile now. I know with Alligators and crocs it is possible to maximize your male to female output or vise/versa by slight differences in incubating temps so i and wondering if this is possible with Chams and other reptiles?

Incubation temp hasnt made any difference to gendre ratio with my panther chameleons. But mine is small sample.
I'm sure this topic has come up before though - have you tried using the search function?

Here's one:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/factors-sex-determination-1859/
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1670/33-05N.1

 

[James45]

thanks for the link Sandra. I did try searching guess i was just wording it wrong

 

[kinyonga]

TDS is found in some birds (Australian brush-turkey), turtles (males at lower temperatures, females at higher temps.) and lizards (Australian agamas and one African species of agama for example).

Here's som information....
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2004/Kinsell/page6.htm
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2004/Kinsell/page5.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1891591
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature-dependent_sex_determination