Can you determine sex

[bulldogod]

of some reptiles by the Temperture when incubating eggs? If so what ones? Bearded dragons???

[scott16]

yes i know you can with turtles

[livingart]

i think most reptiles sex determination is sensitive to mean incubation temperature

[Varanophile]

i think most reptiles sex determination is sensitive to mean incubation temperature

usually is temp in first 1/4 of incubation period. beardies not researched yet, but usually male is at warmer temps in other species- but can be the opposite in some species.

[ExotherMan]

Bearded dragons have genetic sex determination, however at a certain point temperature overrides this and temperature sex determination does occur. This is still widely studied (for beardies & other species) and papers regularly come out saying one thing or another, generally speaking the above is true.

However i was under the impression that the higher temperature results in more females, i could be wrong as i havnt bothered to check this. But i was of the understanding that the higher temperature affects the W chromosome that is related to the males development and so in a sense changes what would genetically become a male into a female embryo.

As i said though, many people still put out papers and many still believe that no, under no circumstance is the bearded dragons sex determination as a result of temperature.