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Björn Nilsson
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 53
Age: 26
Location: Sweden
Points: 1038
Registration date: 2009-09-16
 | | Subject: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 19:44 | |
| Hi guys! This is my N. siamensis. I'm not good with determining the sex of young snakes. Any guess?  Thanks!
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Mario Lutz
Founder
Number of posts: 1402
Age: 44
Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points: 3783
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 21:26 | |
| not a good picture though, but my guess is female her..
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Wolfgang Wüster
Systematicus
Number of posts: 246
Age: 102
Location: UK
Points: 1789
Registration date: 2008-03-12
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 22:58 | |
| Hmmm... the tail shape says female, but the subcaudal count is very high for this species and more suggestive of a male.... |
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Michael Bollhorn
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 298
Age: 39
Location: Hamburg / Germany
Points: 1758
Registration date: 2008-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 23:25 | |
| I´m voting for female, I think the tail is to short for a male...
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Peter Zürcher
Admin
Number of posts: 928
Age: 60
Location: Carinthia, Austria
Points: 3068
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 23:34 | |
| "Popping" will bring clear results in cobras of this size usually....i stopped visual sexing of juveniles a long time ago - just too surprisingly later in many cases....
regards
Peter
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Peter van Issem
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 472
Age: 45
Location: GERMANY
Points: 1688
Registration date: 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Wed 27 Oct - 23:35 | |
| I vote for a male, because, the snake is not fully grown, and the hemipenis is not full developed in this age. I know such from div. ammodytes. You can see it is a male, but the hemipenis is not full developed before the 2nd or 3th year. Only sometimes.... |
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Jorg Schenkels
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 267
Age: 24
Location: nijmegen netherlands
Points: 1111
Registration date: 2010-05-31
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Thu 28 Oct - 2:54 | |
| this is a female..
gr jorg |
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Björn Nilsson
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 53
Age: 26
Location: Sweden
Points: 1038
Registration date: 2009-09-16
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Thu 28 Oct - 23:30 | |
| So it's back to square one  I guess time will tell. I have another that I bought as a male, will take pictures and upload for comparison. |
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Joni hottinen
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 105
Age: 21
Location: Varkaus, Finland
Points: 955
Registration date: 2010-02-16
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Fri 29 Oct - 1:40 | |
| why dont you just ¨pop¨ it? |
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Björn Nilsson
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 53
Age: 26
Location: Sweden
Points: 1038
Registration date: 2009-09-16
| | Subject: Re: Naja siamensis gender Tue 2 Nov - 5:13 | |
| | Joni hottinen wrote: | | why dont you just ¨pop¨ it? |
I will at some point.. would just prefer this way  |
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