I know it's been beaten to death, but here is another sexing question.

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By the way @Suranai could you post one of the pictures you managed to take showing the scales. Google has been no help at all.
You might just be the first person ever to post a picture of Aldabra tail scales 😅
 

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By the way @Suranai could you post one of the pictures you managed to take showing the scales. Google has been no help at all.
You might just be the first person ever to post a picture of Aldabra tail scales 😅
Sure thing. this one is 2 years and 8 months old has exactly 8 scales between posterior margin of the cloaca and the tail tip. I'm 90% convinced that it's a female.
 

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@Suranai I'm still not sure I know how to count the scales, but perhaps you have a more keen eye. Let me know if I have to get better pictures.

I'm going to list them from smallest to biggest:

1) Nugget (4.25inches, 280grams):
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2) Beans (4.5inches, 360grams):
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3) Peanut (4.5inches, 375grams):
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4) Roach (6inches, 880grams):
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5) Tiny (6inches, 920grams):
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6) Mitch McConnell (7inches, 1,260grams):
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@Suranai I'm still not sure I know how to count the scales, but perhaps you have a more keen eye. Let me know if I have to get better pictures.

I'm going to list them from smallest to biggest:

They are hard to count for sure.... I dont know if I can trust my self counting either. But this is how I count. It's hard to tell to count thought the folded skins and i'm not sure if my marking is the actual posterior margin of the cloaca.
 

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