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How to distinguish male and female hawkbills

2021-03-21 / 701 Read

The methods of identifying male and female hawksbill turtles are as follows:

1. Identify males and females by looking at the position and shape of the excretory holes: The position of the excretory holes of male hawkbills is close to the tail, and the hole shape is long. The excretory hole of the female hawk-billed turtle is located close to the plastron, and the hole shape is circular.

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2. Look at the thickness of the tail to distinguish males and females: the tail of male hawksbill turtles Thicker, female hawksbill turtles have shorter tails.

3. See whether the plastron is concave to distinguish male and female: the plastron of male hawksbill turtles has obvious depressions, and the plastron of female hawksbill turtles is flat.