Taco*mom
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Hi Tom,
Thank you so much for helping. Your opinion is very valuable. For my learning experience, can you please tell me why do you think number 3 is male? It has narrow anal scute and is not opening wide at the bottom. Maybe I should get a better picture with a clear view of the tail.
My guess is three males. I've found the anal scute to be very misleading nearly half of the time...embarassing when your "male" starts laying eggs! So I look for the beginning of the "scoop," which is very clear on the top photo for Sulcata 2. The abdominal scutes begin to stick out where they connect with the anal scutes, and if you run your fingers over that area, you'll feel the start of the male indentation. I've only been wrong on that once, which is a darn sight better than I had been doing with the anal scutes!
Ken