How do the yellow mud turtles differentiate males and females?

1. Appearance judgment

male yellow mud turtle belly Nails have dents. The head will be relatively smaller than the female yellow mud turtle, the color of the turtle shell will be darker, the torso will be longer and thinner, and the tail will be long and thin. The body is short and thick.

2. From the perspective of the breeding cycle

Grab the yellow mud turtle during the breeding season. When their limbs and heads are retracted into the turtle shell, you can press and hold them with your fingers. Let them breathe. At this time, their cloaca will discharge the auxiliary bladder water, and then the genitals will slowly bulge outward. If there are vertical and horizontal wrinkles, most of them are female turtles, and if there are other turtles, they are male turtles.

3. Judging from the cloaca

The cloaca of male yellow mud turtles is closer to the tail and the hole shape is longer, while the cloaca of female yellow mud turtle is closer to The plastron, the hole shape will be relatively round.