The difference between male and female turtles

Generally speaking, small turtles (weighing less than 250 grams, that is, less than half a catty) are difficult to identify sex because of their immature sex. Generally speaking, the palm of your hand is so big that it is easy to recognize it.

For turtles of the same age, females are always older than males. The average Brazilian tortoise weighs 300 grams in males and 500 grams in females.

Other turtles have different standards because of different species. Generally speaking, for common turtles, whether they are water turtles or tortoises, their gender can usually be identified by the following gender characteristics:

1, body size:

For most species of adult turtles of the same year, the mother turtle is round and thick; The male turtle is thin and small.

2. Tail shape:

The female tortoise tail is thin and short, and the tail base is thin;

The male turtle has a thick and long tail with a thick root.

3. Front claw nail:

The female turtle is short and the male turtle is long.

4. The location and shape of the drainage hole:

The spawning hole of the female turtle is close to the rear edge of the abdominal shell, and the spawning hole is located in the abdominal shell, and the hole shape is round;

The vent hole of the male turtle is far away from the rear edge of the abdominal shell, and the vent hole is located outside the abdominal shell, showing a long hole shape.

5. Crust:

The carapace of the female turtle is short and wide, while that of the male turtle is long and narrow.

6, abdominal armor:

The carapace of the mother turtle is flat, with no depression in the center, and the notch formed by the anal shield of the carapace is shallow and the notch angle is large.

The center of the abdominal shell of the male turtle is slightly inward, and the two anal shields of the abdominal shell are deeply concave at a small angle.

Little knowledge: whether the abdominal nail is sunken or not can be easily interpreted as male and female. The male turtle has obvious depression and the female turtle is flat.

When mating, the tortoise takes the posture of male above female. In order to avoid slipping off the shell of the female turtle during mating, the belly shell of the male turtle is slightly sunken, just enough to catch the protruding back shell of the female turtle. But the mother turtle doesn't need this structure, so her navel is flat.

So as long as you turn the tortoise over and touch the range of the abdominal armor with your fingers, you can quickly distinguish between male and female.

7. Abdominal mode:

The abdomen pattern of male turtle is sparse;

The female turtle has dense patterns on her abdomen.

8, body color:

Male turtles turn black when they mature;

The color of the female turtle is still brown.

9, shiatsu method:

Press the turtle's limbs with your fingers so that they can't protrude, and its reproductive organs will protrude from the reproductive hole. This is the male turtle.

While pressing the turtle's limbs with your fingers so that they can't stretch out, the drainage hole secretes liquid, which is the mother turtle.