Morphometry-based method to identify sex in the eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)

Tiliqua scincoides coexists with human activity and is frequently presented for rehabilitation due to injury. The correct identification of sex is important as animals identified as female should be subject to a different decision-making matrix for rehabilitation. However, identification of sex is notoriously difficult in Tiliqua scincoides. The authors describe a reliable, safe and cost-effective morphometry-based method. Adult and sub-adult, wild Tiliqua scincoides dead on presentation or euthanased due to their presenting injuries were collected in South-East Queensland (SE Qld). Head-width to snout-vent length ratio (H:SV) and head-width to trunk length ratio (H:T) were measured and sex was defined at necropsy. ...

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