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Originally Posted by billybob99  I take it that it's male and female |
not that simple i'm afraid.
you can get a lot of variation within sexes.
general things to look out for are a dark unbroken stripe down the back for females and a more broken stripe with 'spots' over the back for males; very orange belly with numerous obvious black spots for males; and a bulge at the very base of the tail for males.
so on that basis, although there isn't an obvious bulge at the base of the tail from the photograph (although there may be one), the fact that the stripe along the back is broken with other 'spots' down the back too, and because there is evidence of orange colouring under the front legs which in turn suggests a deep orange belly, i think it's a male.
cheers
tim