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How to distinguish male and female giant leatherback turtle

2020-10-07 / 490 Read

How to separate male and female giant leatherback turtles, see the following points.

1. For most species of adult giant leatherback turtles of the same year, females are round, thick and large; males are thinner and smaller.

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2. Female giant leatherback turtle has a thin and short tail, and the base of the tail Thin; the male giant ribbed turtle has a thick and long tail, and the base of the tail is thick.    

3. The female turtle's cloaca is closer to the rear edge of the plastron, and the cloaca is located inside the plastron, and the hole is round; the male turtle's cloaca is far from the rear edge of the plastron Farther, the cloaca is located outside the plastron, and the hole is elongated.